Welcome to Waterlily ...
Waterlily is located in Currituck County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterlily, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Waterlily is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Waterlily lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Waterlily: 252
Communities near Waterlily ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waterlily.
- Elizabeth City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck
- Duck is located in Dare County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duck <3>
- Corolla
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maple
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Maple is located in Currituck County
- Currituck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bertha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Bertha is located in Currituck County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bertha
- From Waterlily to Bertha
- Poplar Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Knotts Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandy
- Grandy is located in Currituck County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandy <3>
- Riddle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Waterlily. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waterlily.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waterlily. 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 Waterlily.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterlily. See our Newspapers Page for Waterlily.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterlily ...
Looking for more information about Waterlily? 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 Waterlily, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Waterlily.
Adding Waterlily to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Waterlily 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 for Waterlily was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Waterlily post office opened in 1893.
We also found Waterlily on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterlily.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Currituck, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waterlily - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |