Do you know of Waterford ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Waterford. 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 Waterford.
Our sources for Waterford (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 Waterford other than they indicate that Waterford would be found somewhere in Jackson County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1855 and closed in 1867.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Waterford ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Waterford.
Within Iowa, the name Waterford is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 44 communities, 40 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Waterford [Dale County].
- California
- Stanislaus County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Waterford [Stanislaus County].
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Waterford [New London County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Waterford [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Waterford [Clarke County].
- Cobb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Waterford [Cobb County].
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Waterford [DeKalb County].
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Waterford [Hall County].
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Waterford [Fulton County].
- Indiana
- Elkhart County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Waterford [Elkhart County].
- LaPorte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Waterford [LaPorte County].
- Kansas
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Waterford [Grant County].
- Stevens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Waterford [Stevens County].
- Kentucky
- Spencer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Waterford [Spencer County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Charles Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Waterford [Saint Charles Parish].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Waterford [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Waterford [Frederick County].
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Waterford [Howard County].
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Waterford [Prince George's County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Waterford [Oakland County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Waterford [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Dakota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Waterford [Dakota County].
- Mississippi
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Waterford [Marshall County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Waterford.
- New York
- Saratoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Waterford [Saratoga County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Waterford.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Waterford [Columbiana County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Waterford [Knox County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Waterford [Washington County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Waterford.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Waterford [Erie County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Waterford [Westmoreland County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Waterford [York County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Waterford.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Waterford [Providence County].
- South Carolina
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Waterford [Florence County].
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Waterford [Fort Bend County].
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Waterford [Loudoun County].
- Washington
- Wahkiakum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Waterford [Wahkiakum County].
- Wisconsin
- Racine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Waterford [Racine County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Waterford ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Waterford:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Jackson County ...
Can you help?
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 Jackson County.
| Charleston | Paradise |
| Copper Creek | |
| Crabb | Rolley |
| Duggan | Sabula Junction |
| Sabula Siding | |
| Gary Owen | |
| Gordon's Ferry | Tete De Mort |
| New Castle | Wickliffe |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Waterford could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |