Waterford, Virginia
| Waterford, Virginia | |
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| Unincorporated village | |
The Waterford town center in July 2008
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 Waterford, Virginia
Waterford, Virginia
Waterford, Virginia
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| Coordinates: 39°11′12″N 77°36′36″W / 39.18667°N 77.61000°WCoordinates: 39°11′12″N 77°36′36″W / 39.18667°N 77.61000°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Virginia
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 Loudoun
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 20197 |
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Waterford Historic District
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The Waterford Mill
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| NRHP Reference # | 69000256 |
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| VLR # | 401-0123 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1969 |
| Designated NHLD | April 15, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969 |
Waterford is an unincorporated village in the of Loudoun County, Virginia, located along . Waterford is 47 miles (76 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Leesburg. The entire village and surrounding countryside is a National Historic Landmark District, noted for its well-preserved 18th and 19th-century character.
In the 1810 United States Census, the population center of the United States was recorded as being just northwest of the village.
Waterford was established around 1733 by Amos Janney, a Quaker from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Janney purchased 400 acres (1.6 km2) on the south fork of Catoctin Creek and established a grist mill and saw mill in the area in the 1740s. Due to the success of the mills, the settlement became known as "Janney's Mill". The town grew quickly as a center of commerce for growers of grain.
Amos Janney died in 1747, leaving his estate to his sixteen-year-old son, Mahlon. Mahlon replaced the original log mill with a two-story structure. The village continued to grow, and in 1780, 12 acres (49,000 m2) on the south side of Main Street were subdivided into 15 lots, upon which shops and homes were built. By the 1790s, the village was known as Waterford, named after the city of Waterford, in Ireland, where some of its founders had once lived before immigrating to the United States. New residents continued to come from Pennsylvania, as Quakers were followed by Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, and Methodists. Waterford was also populated by African-Americans, both free and enslaved.
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