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Welcome to Willie ...

Willie is located in Liberty County<1>.


The location of Willie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Willie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

Willie is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Willie lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Willie is located in the (912) area code.

Websites for Willie ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.libertycounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Willie, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Willie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Willie - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Willie ...

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

  • Hinesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Statesborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesborough have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
    • Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
  • Garden Acres
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
    • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
  • Glennville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Walthourville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthourville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthourville
    • Walthourville is located in Liberty County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthourville <4>
  • Pembroke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembroke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
    • Pembroke is located in Bryan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <4>
  • Donald
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
    • Donald is located in Long County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • Claxton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Midway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Trinity is located in Liberty County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,893 people

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 Willie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willie ...

Looking for more information about Willie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Willie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Willie.

Adding Willie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willie 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 Willie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Willie post office opened in 1911.

We also found Willie on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willie.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Liberty, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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