Do you know of Waterport ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Waterport. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Waterport.<1>

Our sources for Waterport (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Waterport other than they indicate that Waterport would be found somewhere in Walton County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Waterport ...

We found one communities that share the name Waterport.

Within Georgia, the name Waterport is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Waterport in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Orleans County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Waterport [Orleans County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Waterport ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Waterport:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Map from 1915 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Waterport.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/80760   (Place Name: Waterport)

County: Walton     (FIPS State/County: 13/297)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Waterport) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Walton County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Walton County.