Do you know of McWilliams ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about McWilliams. 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 McWilliams.<1>

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

Communities Also Named McWilliams ...

We found five communities that share the name McWilliams.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named McWilliams.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Wilcox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of McWilliams [Wilcox County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of McWilliams [Montgomery County].
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of McWilliams [Clark County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of McWilliams.
- Pennsylvania
  - Armstrong County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of McWilliams [Armstrong County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for McWilliams ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling Mill	Lynn Crossing
Alfretta
Alice	Mabel
Altadena Valley	Maben
Amity	Magella
Argo Station	Maury
	McAddry
Baugh's	Merkel
Baylor	Mexico
Beachwood Park	Miles
Belle Sumter	Mims
Bellwood	Morrowville
Ben Vines Gap	Morton
Bessie Mines	Mounds
Birminghamport	Mount Pinson
Birmingport	Mountain Woods
Birwat	Murray
Biven
Boyles	Norrell Junction
Brake
Brock's	Oak Ridge
Brunnet Heights	Oregon
Bryan Station
Burstall	Palmer
	Partridge
Camp Oliver	Passcut
Catocin	Passing Track
Chester	Pawnee
Coal Creek	Pierce
Cohort	Pinson - Clay - Chalkville
Connellsville Mines	Pinson Valley
Connorsville	Pratt Crossing
Corey
Crestline	Quinton
Crockett Junction
Cymbling Branch	Razburgh
	Readers
Dago	Red Gap Junction
Dahinda	Red Ore
DeBerniere	Redding
Divide	Refuge
Dixiana	Regent Forest
Dolcito	Rockville
	Roosevelt City
Earnest	Rugby Highlands
Elliott	Rutledge Heights
Ensley Furnace	Rutledge
Ensley Heights
	Sargon
Fairview	Sayre Mines
Five Points West	Scrap
	Shade's Creek
Garden Highlands	Shaw
Gardenvale	Sherman
Gary	Slope Four
Gelowe	South Yard
Gilreath	Sparks Gap
Grace	Staryeacre Ford
Graces	Stephens
Granlin
Green Springs	Tennessee Farms
Green Valley	Thomas Junction
Greene	Toad Vine
Greene's	Truss
Greens	Turpin
Gurley's Creek
	Uptown
Hedona
Henryellen	Vesthaven
Huff	Vinesville
Hughe's Siding
Huron	Waddell
	Watt's
Interburan Heights	West Birmingham
Irondale Junction	West Side
	Wheeler
Jefferson	Wheeling
Jonesborough	Who'd A Thought It
	Wilgus
Kawanee	Woodlawn Junction
	Woodward Red Ore
Leeds Mineral Well	Wymond
Lindbergh
Linns Crossing	Yuma
Little Warrior

Footnotes ...

<1>

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.

<2>

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 McWilliams 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.