Waterford Mills is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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, USA.

History

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was built on the east side of the

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in 1833, and the village that grew around it was called Waterford. A post office called Waterford Mills was established in 1853 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

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Unincorporated communities in Elkhart County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{ElkhartCountyIN-geo-stub