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 Marion 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 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Willard is 560 feet [171 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

Communities Also Named Willard ...

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

• Salem
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Salem is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
• Keizer
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keizer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keizer
  • Keizer is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,593 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keizer <5>
• Woodburn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
  • Woodburn is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodburn <5>
• Independence
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,871 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <5>
• Silverton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <5>
• Molalla
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molalla
  • Molalla is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,303 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Molalla <5>
• Stayton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
  • Stayton is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,256 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stayton <5>
• Aumsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aumsville
  • Aumsville is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aumsville <5>
• Mount Angel
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Angel
  • Mount Angel is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Angel <5>
• Hubbard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
  • Hubbard is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,595 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbard <5>

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.<6>

From that list, the Willard post office opened in 1889.

We also found Willard in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willard.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Marion County: www.co.marion.or.us/

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