Waterford
Waterford is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,038 at the 2020 census. The name derives from the ford between the mainland and Peebles Island.Photo: JB82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 1,990 residents
- Description: village in Saratoga County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Village of Waterford”, “Waterford (village), New York”, “Waterford village, New York”, and “Waterford, New York”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herman Melville House and Matton Shipyard.
Herman Melville House
Museum
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The Herman Melville House is a historic home located at Lansingburgh in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847.
Matton Shipyard
Historic site
Photo: Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Matton Shipyard is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. 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 Champlain Canal.
Van Schaick House
Museum
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Van Schaick House is a historic home located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1735 for Anthony Van Schaick, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cohoes and Halfmoon.
Cohoes
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Cohoes is a city in Albany County on the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, where the Mohawk forms several channels and islands.
Halfmoon
Town
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Halfmoon is a town in Saratoga County, New York, 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 Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. Halfmoon is situated 3 miles northwest of Waterford.
Green Island
Village
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Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York. Green Island is situated 3½ miles south of Waterford.
Waterford
- Category: village of New York
- Location: Saratoga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Waterford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرية واترفورد”
- Catalan: “Waterford”
- Chinese: “沃特福德 (紐約州村)”
- Chinese: “沃特福德”
- French: “Waterford”
- Korean: “워터퍼드”
- Malagasy: “Waterford, New York”
- Malagasy: “Waterford”
- Mazanderani: “واترفورد، مله (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “واترفورد، مله”
- Polish: “Waterford”
- Spanish: “Waterford”
- Turkish: “Waterford”
- Ukrainian: “Вотерфорд”
- Urdu: “واٹرفورڈ (گاؤں)، نیویارک”
- Urdu: “واٹرفورڈ، نیویارک”
- Volapük: “Waterford, New York”
- Volapük: “Waterford”
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