118 Historical and Current Neighborhoods

Over the centuries, the same geographic location may have taken on several names. In Waterbury, each of those names has a significant and historic value. In the past several decades, many neighbors in several neighborhoods formed neighborhood-based associations, community clubs, and political action committees. The following list endeavors to identify each of those neighborhoods, without regard to their time in history. The evolution of Waterbury and her neighborhoods is complex and sometimes difficult to outline or define.

  • 1st Ward

  • 2nd Ward

  • 3rd Ward

  • 4th Ward

  • 5th Ward

  • Abrigado

  • Alexander

  • Althea Park

  • Arlington Heights

  • Berkeley Heights

  • Blue Ridge

  • Borough (See Downtown)

  • Bouley Manor

  • Break Neck Hill *2

  • Bridge District

  • Bristol

  • Brooklyn

  • Browns Meadow

  • Bucks Hill District *1, 2

  • Bucks Meadow Mountain

  • Bunker Hill District *1

  • Burnt Hill 

  • Carabetta

  • Center Square (See Downtown)

  • Central, Central Business District (See Downtown)

  • Centre District, included the following sub-districts in the year 1888:

  • Central
    East Gaylord
    Clay Street
    Bishop Street
    Dublin Street
    Brooklyn
    Long Hill
    Sperry Street
    Ridge Street
    Westside Hill
    Welton Street
    Washington

  • Chesprocott

    • This is not and never has been a neighborhood.  This is a man-made coalition of building inspection officials from CHESire, PROspect, and WolCOTT

  • Clark District *1 

  • Colonial Gardens

  • Columbia Heights
    • the area nestled between Highland Park, Cottage Park, Norwood Heights, and Overlook

  • Cottage Park

    nestled southeast of Overlook, northeast of Columbia, and west of Cook Street

  • Country Club

    Also see Oronoke District

  • Country Club Wood

    Also see Oronoke District

  • Cracker Hill 

  • Crownbrook

  • Deerfield and Sunset

  • Downtown

  • Dublin Street District

  • East Centre *1

  • East End

  • East Farms District *1

    Alexander, Scott Road)

  • East Mountain District *1

    (East Mountain)

  • Fairlawn

  • Fairmont

  • Fulton (lower) - See Burnt Hill

  • Fulton (upper) - See Burnt Hill

  • Gaylor Plain *1

    also known as Gaylord Plain and Gaylord's Plain

  • Gilmartin

  • Grandville Heights

  • Great Brook - See Lakewood

  • Hamilton

  • Hancox Meadow

  • Haydensville

  • Haydensville

  • Heritage

  • Highland Park

    includes all or part of Lincoln Street, Fisk Street, Willard Avenue, Waterville Street, North Willow Street, and others)

  • Hillbright

  • Hillside

  • Hill Street

  • Historic District

  • Historic Overlook

  • Holy Land USA - (See Abrigado)

  • Hopeville

  • Horse Pasture District *1 (Althea Park, Washington, Hamilton, Gilmartin, Hopeville)

  • Hubbard Hole

  • Inner City

  • International

  • Jersey  

  • Judd's Meadow *2

  • Lakeside Boulevard

  • Lakewood

  • Long Hill

    Sawmill Plain District

  • Manhan Meadow Hill

  • Maplewood Manor

  • Meadow

  • Mill Plain

  • Mohawk

  • Morningside

  • Murray Park

    Anna Avenue, Upper Murray Park, Lower Murray Park

  • Naugatuck, Borough of *3

  • Newton Heights

  • North End

  • North Square

  • Norwood Heights 

  • Norwood Park

  • Old Farm Ridge 

    See Lakewood

  • Old Long Cove

  • Oronoke District *1

    Country Club Wood, The Ridges, Country Club

  • Out East 

  • Overlook

    includes roughly the area northwest of the intersections of Leffingwell Avenue and Cook Street, and Flemming Street and North Willow Street)

  • Pearl Street 

    See Crownbrook

  • Pine Grove

  • Pine Hill

  • Pine Hole *1

  • Pines, The 

  • Platts Ville District *1 

    Bristol, Platts Mills, Borough of Naugatuck

  • Reidville

  • Ridges, The

    This is not and never has been an actually-recognized neighborhood, it is a housing development complex.

  • Robinwood

  • Round Hill District

  • Saint Margaret's-Willow-Plaza

  • Salem

  • Saw Mill Plain *1

  • Scott Road

  • Simonsville District

  • Sloping Acres

  • South End

  • Steel's Plain

  • Tompkins District

  • Town Plot Hill District *1, 2

  • Valley View District

  • Walnut-Orange-Walshe

  • Washington Hill

    Washington Park

  • Waterville

  • West Centre *1

  • West End

  • Western Hills

  • Westmont Drive

    this is only a neighborhood per Nextdoor.com and there is no historic or municipal reference otherwise 

  • Westside Hill

  • Westside Manor

  • Westview Heights

  • White City

  • Wolcott Road

  • Woodtick

  • *1 One of the original 14 districts of the incorporated City of Waterbury, circa 1833 to 1858
  • *2 One of the original 4 districts of Waterbury, 1738
  • *3 Although Naugatuck was once part of Waterbury, and although it is still a borough of Waterbury, and although it's name is legally "The Borough of Naugatuck", this borough, or neighborhood, is also an actual town (the Town of Naugatuck), and due to the geographic size and location, and size of population of Naugatuck, WaterburyLife.com therefore recognizes and treats the Borough of Naugatuck as the Town of Naugatuck.

118 Historical and Current Neighborhoods

Over the centuries, the same geographic location may have taken on several names.  In Waterbury, each of those names has a significant and historic value.  In the past several decades, many neighbors in several neighborhoods formed neighborhood-based associations, community clubs, and political action committees.  The following list endeavors to identify each of those neighborhoods, without regard to their time in history.  The evolution of Waterbury and her neighborhoods is complex and sometimes difficult to outline or define.
  • ​Murray Park (Anna Avenue, Upper Murray Park, Lower Murray Park)
  • ​Naugatuck, Borough of *3
  • Newton Heights
  • North End
  • ​North Square
  • ​Norwood Heights 
  • Norwood Park
  • Old Farm Ridge  (See Lakewood)
  • Old Long Cove
  • Oronoke District *1 (Country Club Wood, The Ridges, Country Club)
  • Out East 
  • Overlook: Overlook (includes roughly the area northwest of the intersections of Leffingwell Avenue and Cook Street, and Flemming Street and North Willow Street)
  • ​​Pearl Street  (See Crownbrook)
  • Pine Grove
  • ​Pine Hill
  • Pine Hole *1
  • Pines, The 
  • Platts Ville District *1 (Bristol, Platts Mills, Borough of Naugatuck)
  • Reidville​
  • Ridges, The (This is not and never has been an actually-recognized neighborhood, it is a housing development complex.)
  1. *1 One of the original 14 districts of the incorporated City of Waterbury, circa 1833 to 1858
  2. *2 One of the original 4 districts of Waterbury, 1738
  3. *3 Although Naugatuck was once part of Waterbury, and although it is still a borough of Waterbury, and although it's name is legally "The Borough of Naugatuck", this borough, or neighborhood, is also an actual town (the Town of Naugatuck), and due to the geographic size and location, and size of population of Naugatuck, WaterburyLife.com therefore recognizes and treats the Borough of Naugatuck as the Town of Naugatuck.

Waterbury Neighborhoods By Ethnicity and Culture

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Waterbury: Home of the Largest Cultural Event in the Northeast - "The Gathering"

External link to videos of Waterbury's "The Gathering", depicting various years.

More information and a brief history of "The Gathering" at Connecticut Main Street (external link).