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Do you know of Williamsons ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Williamsons. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Williamsons.

Our sources for Williamsons (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Williamsons other than they indicate that Williamsons would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1859.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Williamsons ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Williamsons:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Williamsons - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.

Alms HouseIroquois
Avondale 
 Lacona
BaxterLake Dreamland
BeachlandLochland
Bear GrassLockland
BellsLynnford
Bishop 
BlankenbakersMalott
Bowman FieldMasonic Home
Bullitt'sMinoma
 Moore
Callahan's 
Cambridge VillageOrmsby's
Camelot 
CherokeePlainview
ClarkPleasant Ridge Park
Clark's Station 
Colonial TerraceRandolph's
Coral RidgeReservoir
Crescent HillRiverview
 Rudd's
Deering Heights 
DevondaleSaint Dennis Center
DravoSalina
 Saxony
East LouisvilleSeneca Vista
EdenShelby
EdgewoodSherleys
Edwards'South Dixie
 South Louisville
FactoriesStine
FencroftStrawberry
Fern View 
FipacoTerry Manor
Florida HeightsThoroughbred Acres
FoxboroTransylvania
Friendly HillsTucker
  
GlengaryValley Village
Golden Meadows 
GraymoorWatterfern Hills
 West Wind Park
Hikes PointWhipps Mill Village
HoertzWhispering Hills
 Woodhill

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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