New York
Saratoga
Town of Waterford

Waterford

Waterford is a town in , , United States. The population was 8,106 at the 2023 census. The name of the town is derived from its principal village, also called .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 2,040 residents
  • Description: town in Saratoga County, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Half-Moon Point”, “Waterford, New York”, and “Waterford, NY”
  • Postal code: 12188

Places of Interest

Highlights include Troy–Waterford Bridge and Matton Shipyard.

Bridge
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The carries U.S. Route 4 across the in connecting Waterford with . The bridge is two lanes wide, with sidewalks on both sides.

Historic site
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is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on at in . It consists of eight extant buildings, various surviving features, and archaeological remains dating to the period 1916 to 1983 when the site functioned as a shipyard, repair facility, and towboat operation on the New York State Barge Canal and .

Museum
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The is a historic home located at in , . It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cohoes and Crescent Station.

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is a city in Albany County on the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, where the Mohawk forms several channels and islands.

Hamlet
is a hamlet of the town of in , , United States that straddles US Route 9. is situated 2½ miles west of Waterford.

Town
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is a town in , , United States. The population was 25,662 at the 2020 census. The town is apparently named for the shape of the lower elevation land north of the junction of the and . is situated 3 miles northwest of Waterford.

Waterford

Latitude
42.79258° or 42° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.68123° or 73° 40′ 52″ west
Population
2,040
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US UZK
Open location code
87J8Q8V9+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3328576336
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5143370
Wiki­data ID
Q3080833
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Waterford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ووترفورد”
  • Basque: “Waterford”
  • Cebuano: “Waterford”
  • Chinese: “沃特福德 (紐約州)”
  • Chinese: “沃特福德”
  • French: “Waterford”
  • German: “Waterford”
  • Haitian: “Waterford, New York”
  • Haitian: “Waterford”
  • Hebrew: “ווטרפורד”
  • Hungarian: “Waterford”
  • Italian: “Waterford”
  • Mazanderani: “واترفورد (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “واترفورد”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Waterford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waterford”
  • Polish: “Waterford”
  • Russian: “Уотерфорд”
  • Serbian: “Вотерфорд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Waterford, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Waterford”
  • Silesian: “Waterford”
  • Spanish: “Waterford”
  • Swedish: “Waterford”
  • Turkish: “Waterford”
  • Welsh: “Waterford, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Waterford”

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