Waterville New York Map

About Waterville, New York

Waterville is a locality in Montgomery County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,473. The population density is 401.6 people per km². Waterville is located at 42.9306°N, 75.3802°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Waterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 11952, 13480.

Waterville emerges from the landscape as a collection of sturdy brick facades and clapboard homes anchored firmly to the central New York plateau. It lies 19.0 miles southwest of Gloversville, NY (from Gloversville, NY: bearing 221°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southeast of Minden. The Canajoharie Creek carves a persistent path through the surrounding terrain, its waters serving as a quiet artery for the land long before the arrival of modern roads. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, hazy boundary, while closer to home, the earth gives way to the expansive, low-lying basin of Wintergreen Flats. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially during the transition of seasons when the light turns thin and pale against the darkening timber of the woodlands.

Waterville maintains a character forged by its legacy as a center of the nineteenth-century hop industry, an era that left behind a distinct architectural footprint in its tall, ventilation-capped barns. While the scale of agriculture has shifted, the rhythm of daily life remains tied to the cycles of the inland seasons rather than the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Residents may travel three miles to reach the serene expanse of the Village of Canajoharie Land or wander toward the nearby Canajoharie Falls to observe the water’s steady descent. Even further afield, the stillness of Clausen Pond offers a reprieve from the quiet industry of the village, grounding Waterville in a landscape that values the steady, predictable turning of the year.

About This Waterville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waterville, New York. Coordinates: 42.930589, -75.380202. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Waterville includes the ZIP code (11952, 13480), telephone area code (914, 845, 315), county seat of Montgomery County (Fonda), and school district assignment (Waterville Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.