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Welcome to Waterton ...

Waterton is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

Area Codes for Waterton: 570 & 272<2>

Communities Also Named Waterton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Waterton - they are located in Colorado, Georgia and Ontario.

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

Communities near Waterton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterton ...

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

Adding Waterton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waterton in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Waterton post office opened in 1873. The Waterton post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Waterton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Waterton 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.
<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/