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is a village in the town of Waterford, Connecticut, in the southeastern part of the state. It is bordered to the east by the Thames River. It is bordered to the south by the city of New London, to the north by the town of Montville and to the west by the Cohanzie district of Waterford.
Quaker Hill can be roughly defined by the mail delivery area that is comprised by the United States Postal Service zip code delivery area of 06375. It may also be defined as the area served by the Quaker Hill Elementary School or by the Quaker Hill Fire Company, Incorporated, as persons who live within the 06375 zip code but whose children attend other elementary schools do not always consider themselves residents of Quaker Hill. Quaker Hill lies at approximately Latitude 41.40 north and Longitude 72.11 west. The village is primarily residential with the center of the village being roughly the intersection of the Old Norwich Road and the Old Colchester Road. This intersection was made famous by the "House in the Middle of the Road," a house that stood in the middle of the intersection with no significant yard. This house was burned by the Quaker Hill Fire Company as a training exercise and its former site is now the Quaker Hill Village Green. The other significant feature of Quaker Hill is Smith Cove, a brackish cove which is navigable by small boats as far as the Old Norwich Road bridge. This cove empties into the Thames River directly opposite the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton.
In 1645, Quaker Hill's meadows were used as hayfields. Quaker Hill itself belonged to New London. It wouldn't be until 1801 that Quaker Hill would become a part of Waterford.