Welcome to Watertown ...The city of Watertown is located in Carver County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Watertown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Watertown has a population of 4,536 people<2> (see below for details). Watertown is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Watertown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Watertown: 952 The ZIP code for Watertown: 55388<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Watertown had an population of 4,536 people. This is an increase of 7.87% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 49.75% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Watertown had a population of 4,205 people. This makes Watertown the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Watertown represents 0.08% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 162nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,205 people, the population of Watertown increased 38.82% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,029 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Watertown. Communities Also Named Watertown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Watertown - they are located in Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois (3), Kansas (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Watertown. Websites for Watertown ...Official Website: www.ci.watertown.mn.us/ Communities near Watertown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watertown.
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 Watertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watertown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watertown. 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 Watertown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watertown. See our Newspapers Page for Watertown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Watertown ...Looking for more information about Watertown? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Watertown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Watertown. Adding Watertown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Watertown 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 Watertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Watertown. Footnotes ...
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