Methodism reached the village of South Waterford, Maine in 1802 with the itinerant preaching of the Rev. Joseph Baker. By 1806 Waterford was a part of the Poland Circuit of the Maine Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first Quarterly Conference meeting was held in 1816 in the barn of resident Josiah Shaw. Construction on a church sanctuary located at Mutiny Corner began in 1818 and finished the following year. In 1826 Waterford, Bridgton, and Sweden were separated from the Poland Circuit to create the Waterford Circuit. The congregation continued to grow and in 1835 a larger building was built closer to town. The sanctuary was destroyed by fire in 1844 and rebuilt in 1845. A parsonage was added in 1850. By 1869 the Waterford Circuit was located within the Gardiner District of the Maine Conference. The church, part of a charge with Sweden, was closed in 1905.
From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church (South Waterford, Me.) Records, 1764-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122356512
