Do you know of Willis ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Willis. 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 Willis.
We found mention of Willis as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Terrell County, Georgia.
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.
Communities Also Named Willis ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Willis.
Within Georgia, the name Willis is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Willis [Boone County].
- Florida
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Willis [Calhoun County].
- Indiana
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Willis [Knox County].
- Kansas
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Willis [Brown County].
- Louisiana
- Washington Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Willis [Washington Parish].
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Willis [Benzie County].
- Washtenaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Willis [Washtenaw County].
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Willis [Coahoma County].
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Willis [Beaverhead County].
- Missoula County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Willis [Missoula County].
- Nebraska
- Dakota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willis [Dakota County].
- Ohio
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Willis [Clark County].
- Oklahoma
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Willis [Marshall County].
- Tennessee
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willis [Hancock County].
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willis [Haywood County].
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willis [Lawrence County].
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Willis [Montgomery County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Willis ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Willis:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Willis - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Terrell County ...
Can you help?
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 Terrell County.
| Armena | Hustle |
| Clarence | Oakland |
| Cole | |
| Powers | |
| Graves Station | |
| West Dawson |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Willis 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. |