Welcome to Williamsburg ...

So far, we found very little information about Williamsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Williamsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Williamsburg, please Contact Us.

Williamsburg would have been located within present day Caribou County<2>.

The location of Williamsburg has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamsburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Williamsburg is 6,760 feet [2,060 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Williamsburg is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Williamsburg was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Williamsburg still existed, it would have been in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Williamsburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 55 communities that are also named Williamsburg - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (4), Illinois (5), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamsburg.

Communities near Williamsburg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Williamsburg.

• Star Valley Ranch
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley Ranch
  • Star Valley Ranch is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,700 people
• Alpine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alpine is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <6>
• Thayne
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayne
  • Thayne is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayne <6>
• Wayan
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayan
  • Wayan is located in Caribou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayan <6>
• Caribou City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
  • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
• Freedom
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Freedom is located in Caribou County
• Freedom
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Freedom is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <6>
• Keenan City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenan City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
  • Keenan City is located in Bonneville County
• Etna
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Etna is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <6>
• Auburn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Williamsburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williamsburg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williamsburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsburg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsburg. See our Newspapers Page for Williamsburg.

Adding Williamsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Williamsburg in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Williamsburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Williamsburg post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamsburg.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/