Located in Western Racine County in Wisconsin, the Waterford Heritage Committee is community-based volunteer organization that works to promote and protect the historic nature of our village.

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This site is created and managed by the Waterford Heritage Committee in an effort to document the village’s past. The committee has created this site in collaboration with its Heritage Sites Walking Tour unveiled in 2018. The Waterford Heritage Committee is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our motto: A Bridge to Our Past.

Click HERE for a copy of the 2018 Walking Tour Map.

Visit the featured sites in our Village of Waterford, marked with bronze plaques, and learn more about their past by following the drop-down menu above the banner. Web pages will be updated as buried history surfaces.

TO NAVIGATE OUR WEBSITE:

Click on EARLY HISTORY to view the origins leading up to establishing Waterford as a village in 1842.

Click on COMMERCIAL SITES to view the developing list of heritage business buildings in town – some going back to the 1840s. This list will continue to be developed as we uncover information.

Click on VILLAGE SITES to learn about how these sites played a part in the development of the village. Included are overviews of the East Side, West Side, The 1898 Fire, Old Settlers Cemetery, and Ten Club Park.

Click on HERITAGE HOMES to view identified homes with unique architecture or ties to the early development of the village. There will be updates as research continues.

Click on THE MILLS OF WATERFORD to learn about the history of the Waterford Dam, the businesses it generated, and the mercantile trade that occupied the Fox River shoreline.

Click on CHURCHES to learn about the early history of the churches in Waterford.

Click on SCHOOLS to follow the development of the education facilities in Waterford.

Click on ABOUT US to view the biographies of the contributors to website.

To get involved, share a piece of history or donate to the effort, contact us by:

email: waterfordwiheritage@gmail.com.

Connect with us on Facebook on our Waterford Memories page.

Please enjoy our efforts to make people aware of the rich heritage in our community of Waterford, Wisconsin, where it is still a small, friendly and caring place to live.

Waterford Heritage Committee