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Welcome to Waterville ...

Waterville is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Waterville is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Waterville: 828

Communities Also Named Waterville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Waterville - they are located in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Massachusetts (2), Minnesota, New Brunswick (2), New Hampshire, New York (4), Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec (2), Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waterville.

Communities near Waterville ...

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

  • Clevenger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Newport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,894 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <3>
  • Jaybird
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jaybird is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
  • West Myers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Clyde
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Clyde is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
  • Maggie Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hot Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pittman Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pittman Center is located in Sevier County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
  • Bailey Town
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bailey Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
  • Parrottsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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 Waterville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waterville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waterville. 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 Waterville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterville ...

Looking for more information about Waterville? 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 Waterville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Waterville.

Adding Waterville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waterville 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 Waterville was on a map titled Map of North Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waterville - 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.