Welcome to Watt Junction ...
Although we found mention of Watt Junction during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Watt Junction was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Watt Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Watt Junction, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Watt Junction: Watt Jct. (or less commonly used: Watt Jctn.)
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Watt Junction might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
Note: If you travel south from Watt Junction (for example, toward Calais (ME)), you will leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Watt Junction: 506 & 428<2>
Communities Also Named Watt Junction ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Watt Junction - it's located in New Brunswick.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Watt Junction.
Communities near Watt Junction ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watt Junction.
- Saint Stephen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calais
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Calais is located in Washington County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calais <3>
- Saint Stephen Parish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McAdam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dufferin Parish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vanceboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Andersonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Baillie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baillie
- Barber Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flume Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Watt Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watt Junction.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watt Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Watt Junction.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Watt Junction ...
Looking for more information about Watt Junction? 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 Watt Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Watt Junction.
Adding Watt Junction to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Watt Junction was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Watt Junction.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Watt Junction and then turned west". While Watt Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Watt Junction as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Watt Junction 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 . 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> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Watt Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Watt Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |