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 Logan County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Willard, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Willard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Willard is 4,330 feet [1,320 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Willard is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Willard was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Willard still existed, it would have been in the (970) area code.
Communities Also Named Willard ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Willard - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), 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.
- Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Sterling is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,078 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <6>
- Merino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino
- Merino is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merino <6>
- Hillrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillrose have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillrose
- Hillrose is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillrose <6>
- Raymer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
- Raymer is located in Weld County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Raymer has also been known as:
- New Raymer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <6>
- Messex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
- Messex is located in Washington County
- Stoneham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneham have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Stoneham is located in Weld County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoneham <6>
- Atwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Atwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atwood <6>
- Snyder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snyder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Snyder is located in Morgan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snyder <6>
- Avalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Brush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush
- Brush is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brush <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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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 1888.
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 Logan County: www.loganco.gov/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Willard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Logan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |