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Waterford, Maine

Population: 1,455
Located in Oxford County

The Waterford region is a premier four season destination steeped in a rich tradition of exciting year round activities for the entire family. Discover Maine skiing at Sunday River, New England's fastest growing ski resort and/or Mt. Abram, now with a snow tubing facility, outdoor ice skating and new lodge. Explore the spectacular mountains on more than 100 kilometers of cross country skiing at five centers or in the national forest. Experience superb fishing, championship golf, community festivals, refreshing mountain swimming holes, camping, biking or mountain biking, or canoe and kayak the Androscoggin River. Enjoy the breathtaking fall foliage and harvest fairs, or hike and picnic in nearby Grafton Notch State Park and White Mountain National Forest. A great selection of lodging, restaurants, and specialty shops will accommodate all visitor needs.

"The town of Waterford is the oldest of this group of towns, located among the Oxford county hills, between the valleys of the Androscoggin and Saco rivers. In 1735 a grant of land was made to John Whitman and others, soldiers or heirs of soldiers who had fought in a company from Middlesex and Worcester counties under Capt. Andrew Gardner in the Canadian Expedition of 1690. This tract was the sixth in the line of towns granted to the Suncook proprietors, so called, and became known as Todds-town, or Number 6, now Henniker, NH.. When, in 1739, the King of England established the present boundary as the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, this with many other grants were found to lie within the bounds of the latter state which destroyed the validity of titles given by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Under date of Feb. 26, 1774 the proprietors of Todds-town, having lost all title to their lands and improvements, petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for the grant of another township to replace their forfeited lands. This petition was signed by John Gardiner, Stephen Maynard and Seth Rice, and resulted in the granting of a township seven miles square, 'adjoining some former grant east of the Saco river'. The proprietors were to settle thirty families within six years, and to lay out one-sixty-fourth part for the use of each the first settled minister, the grammar school, and Harvard College.

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