Welcome to Willard ...

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

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

Willard would have been located within present day Douglas County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willard, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Willard is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Willard was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Willard would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Willard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Willard: This one is located in Douglas County and the other is located in Marion County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 32 communities that are also named Willard - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia (3), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Willard ...

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

• Coos Bay
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coos Bay
  • Coos Bay is located in Coos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,342 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coos Bay <6>
• North Bend
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
  • North Bend is located in Coos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,744 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Bend <6>
• Reedsport
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsport
  • Reedsport is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,103 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reedsport <6>
• Lakeside
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Lakeside is located in Coos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,802 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeside <6>
• Dunes City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunes City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes City
  • Dunes City is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
• Umpqua City ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Umpqua City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpqua City
  • Umpqua City is located in Douglas County
• Gardiner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
  • Gardiner is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardiner <6>
• Saunders Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders Lake
  • Saunders Lake is located in Coos County
• Glasgow
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Glasgow is located in Coos County
• Allegany
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegany
  • Allegany is located in Coos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allegany <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 Willard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willard.

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

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

Adding Willard to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willard post office opened in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willard.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/