Do you know of Williamson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Williamson. 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 Williamson.

We found mention of Williamson as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Manistee County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Williamson ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Williamson.

Within Michigan, the name Williamson is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Yavapai County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Williamson [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Williamson [Sevier County].
- Georgia
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Williamson [Pike County].
- Illinois
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Williamson [Madison County].
- Iowa
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Williamson [Adams County].
  - Lucas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Williamson [Lucas County].
- Louisiana
  - Saint Landry Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Williamson [Saint Landry Parish].
- New York
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Williamson [Wayne County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Delaware County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williamson [Delaware County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williamson [Franklin County].
- Texas
  - Travis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williamson [Travis County].
- West Virginia
  - Mingo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Williamson [Mingo County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Williamson ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Manistee County ...

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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 Manistee County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Williamson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.