Welcome to Williams ...

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

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

Williams would have been located within present day Thayer County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williams, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Williams is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Williams was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Williams would have been located in the (402) & (531)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Williams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 61 communities that are also named Williams - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas, California (3), Florida, Georgia (3), Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Montana (2), New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (5), Utah (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Williams ...

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

• Fairbury
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbury
  • Fairbury is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairbury <6>
• Belleville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
  • Belleville is located in Republic County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <6>
• Hebron
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Hebron is located in Thayer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <6>
• Deshler
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deshler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deshler
  • Deshler is located in Thayer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deshler <6>
• Chester
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Thayer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <6>
• Alexandria
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria
  • Alexandria is located in Thayer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexandria <6>
• Daykin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daykin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daykin
  • Daykin is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daykin <6>
• Morrowville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
  • Morrowville is located in Washington County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
• Cuba
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Cuba is located in Republic County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <6>
• Endicott
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endicott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endicott
  • Endicott is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Endicott <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 Williams. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williams.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williams. 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 Williams.

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

Adding Williams to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Williams 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 Williams was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Williams post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williams.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Thayer County: www.thayercounty.ne.gov/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/