Waterford and Waterford Shire

Waterford is a suburb on the east side of the Logan River where it is crossed by the road from Kingston to Beenleigh. It is 7 km south-east of Logan Central.

In about 1863 a ferry service across the Logan River began in the vicinity of Waterford and three years later the place was named, probably a reference to the water crossing place or to Waterford in Ireland. A school was opened in 1869. On the other side of the river, Waterford West, there was a farm settlement around the Tygum Lagoon, and the Morning Star Hotel was built there in about 1871.