Waterford, Vermont, History: Waterford Schools of the Past

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Waterford Schools of the Past

Historic Schools

These schools are no longer within the Waterford School System yet many of the buildings may still exist and may have been renovated as homes. The locations were derived from old topographical maps.

Name	Latitude nn° nn´ nn¨	Longitude nn° nn´ nn¨	Current Status
Graves School	44° 25' 34.94" N	071° 57' 19.74" W	Demolished
Hastings School	44° 23' 26.35" N	071° 59' 53.44" W
Hill School	44° 22' 1.72" N	071° 58' 57.97" W
Remick School	44° 23' 5.28" N	071° 55' 56.45" W
Upper Waterford (Estimated)	44° 20' 41.91" N	071° 51' 30.42" W	Inundated by Samuel Moore Dam
Waterford Elementary School	44° 24' 10" N	071° 55' 40" W
West Waterford School	44° 21' 54.37" N	071° 56' 56.70" W
Woods School	44° 21' 29.76" N	071° 56' 22.97" W

Graves School Click for location map

The Graves School appears to have been demolished during construction of the southbound off ramp of the Interstate 93 Exit 1.

Hastings School Link works but map not yet available from TopoQuest

The Hastings School was located about one mile west of the intersection of the Daniels Farm Road and the Simpson Brook Road.

Hill School Click for location map

The Hill School was located at the intersection of Hale Road and Valley View Road about one mile east of Passumpsic Village.

Remick School Click for location map

The Remick School was located at the intersection of Gardner Road and Snob Road.

Upper Waterford School Click for location map

The location of the Upper Waterford School was estimated from a topographical map and is now under the headwaters of the Samuel Moore Dam..

Waterford Elementary School Click for location map

The Waterford Elementary School is located on the west side of the Duck Pond Road and is still functioning as a school.

West Waterford School Click for location map

The West Waterford School was located on the Duck Pond Road about three tenths of a mile north of the West Waterford Cemetery.

Woods School Click for location map

The Woods School was located at the intersection of Campbell Road and Powers Road.

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Stories and History of Waterford, Vermont, Chartered Nov. 9, 1780

"The Town of Waterford is located in the southeastern part of Caledonia County, Vermont. It is bounded on the north-east by Concord, on the south by the southerly half of so-called Fifteen Mile Falls or rapids of the Connecticut River, on the southwest by Barnet, and on the northwest by St. Johnsbury.

"The Passumpsic River flows across the western corner of town; Stiles Pond is located in the northern part of the town. Its outlet flows into the Moose River in St. Johnsbury.

"At a meeting of the Governor and Council on Thursday, November 9th, 1780, a charter was granted to Benjamin Whipple and sixty-five associates as proprietors of the Township of Littleton [name would change to Waterford in 1797], the 43rd in the state and the second in Caledonia County, [the town of] Groton being one day older.

"The exact date of settlement is unknown but there is reliable evidence that James Adams was in town as early as 1783. Other settlers were John and James Wood, who settled near Passumpsic in 1782 or '85; and the Pike brothers, (Daniel and Nathan), Jonathan Hutchinson and Luther Knight who came from Royalston, Mass., in 1792 and settled in the eastern part of the town. The first settler in West Waterford was Amasa Hastings." -- From A VERMONT VILLAGE by Dr. C. E. Harris, circa 1942.

Waterford, Vermont, History