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Welcome to Waterboro Center ...

Waterboro Center is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterboro Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

A typical abbreviation for Waterboro Center: Waterboro Ctr. (or less commonly used: Waterboro Cen., Waterboro Cent. or Waterboro Cntr.)

Waterboro Center is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Waterboro Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Waterboro Center: 207

Communities near Waterboro Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waterboro Center.

  • Scarborough
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Biddeford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Saco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Saco is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <3>
  • Westbrook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gorham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gorham is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
  • Kennebunk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wells
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Standish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Orchard Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Waterboro Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waterboro Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waterboro Center. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waterboro Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterboro Center. See our Newspapers Page for Waterboro Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterboro Center ...

Looking for more information about Waterboro Center? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Waterboro Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Waterboro Center.

Adding Waterboro Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waterboro Center in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Waterboro Center was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Waterboro Center post office opened in 1832. The Waterboro Center post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterboro Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waterboro Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/