Accommodations

Carriage House Bed & Breakfast

Attractions

Waterford Oaks Waterpark

Churches

Calvary Baptist Church

Life Tabernacle Apostolic Church

Waterford Community Church

Community Information

Charter Township of Waterford

Waterford Township Public Library

Golf Courses

All New Silver Lake Golf Club

Hospitals

North Oakland Medical Center, Pontiac

Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, Pontiac

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Dodge No. 4 State Park

Pontiac Lake State Park

Local History

Alpheus Williams and Captain Archibald Phillips became the first settlers here in 1819.  The name of the township and thence the name of the village was proposed about 1825 by Shubael Atherton, due to its large area of water surface.  Thomas J. Drake became the first postmaster on February 4, 1835.  The post office was transferred to and renamed Drayton Plains on August 24, 1858, but the Waterford post office was re-established on November 13, 1858. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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