Welcome to Williamstown ...Williamstown is primarily located in Rush County<1>. A portion of Williamstown extends into Decatur County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. Williamstown is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Williamstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Williamstown: 765 Communities Also Named Williamstown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Williamstown: This one is located in Rush County and the other is located in Clay County. Beyond Indiana, there are 22 communities that are also named Williamstown - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Iowa (3), Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Vermont and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamstown. Communities near Williamstown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Williamstown.
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 Williamstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williamstown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williamstown. 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 Williamstown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamstown. See our Newspapers Page for Williamstown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Williamstown ...Looking for more information about Williamstown? 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 Williamstown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Williamstown. Adding Williamstown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Williamstown 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 (so far) for Williamstown was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamstown. Footnotes ...
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