Moreton’s Harbor was first settled in the 1700's by a family of Horwood’s, from Carbonear. The community got its name from Reverend Moreton, one of the first United Church ministers to come to the area.  In the eighteen hundreds there were thirty-eight fishing rooms, which included a home, a garden and a fishing stage. Moreton’s Harbor was one of the first communities to send telegrams by Morris Code and it was also a popular community for building schooners.
  Moreton’s Harbor was also a significant community in the story of the Beothuks. In 1819, Mary March, the last known Beothuk, was a guest at Joseph Taylor’s home, after her capture.  While there, she made a basket that was later donated to a museum in Grand Falls -Windsor by Miss Amelia Taylor in 1964. The small community of Moreton’s Harbor also experienced hardship and tragedy in the 1800's with the presence of diphtheria. A family lost three little girls in the matter of five days. Tuberculosis killed about one person from nearly every family and most of them were teenagers.