Waterford in Southeastern Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Waterford

Incorporated 1801

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 28, 2013

1. Waterford Marker

Inscription. English colonists first harvested crops on Fog Plain and Mamacoke in 1645, gradually displacing the native Nehantic and Pequot Indians.

Farm lots were allocated to individual colonists in 1651 and in 1653 a sawmill site and house lot were designated on Hunts Brook in Quaker Hill. The Jordan area was first mentioned in 1663 and Jordan Schoolhouse in 1737.

Waterford gave thousands of acres to help form East Lyme in 1839 and two square miles were taken for New London by legislative action in 1899, leaving the present area of 36.7 square miles.

Erected 1975 by Town of Waterford, the Waterford Historical Society and the Connecticut Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Colonial Era. A significant historical year for this entry is 1645.

Location. 41° 20.683′ N, 72° 8.083′ W. Marker is in Waterford in Southeastern Region, Connecticut. It is on Boston Post Road. Between Tiffany Avenue and Summer Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waterford CT 06385, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

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in Greater New London, in Mystic and the Eastern Shore,

and in the Thames River Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New London County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Waterford Veterans Monument (approx. ¼ mile away); Agent Orange (approx. ¼ mile away); 75 Rope Ferry Road (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterford Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterford Civil War Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterford World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Margaret Delia Geary (approx. 1.4 miles away); Italian American Fountain (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterford.

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 28, 2013

2. Waterford Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 909 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.