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Welcome to Port Williams (aka 'Williamsport') ...

Although we found mention of Port Williams during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Port Williams had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

We've added Port Williams to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Williams, please Contact Us.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Williams, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Port Williams: Prt. Williams

Port Williams is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Port Williams might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Port Williams would be found within the (913) area code.

The community of Port Williams has also been called Williamsport.

Communities Also Named Port Williams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Port Williams - they are located in Nova Scotia and Washington.

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

Communities near Port Williams ...

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

  • Leavenworth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lansing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Lansing is located in Leavenworth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
  • Atchison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Platte City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte City
    • Platte City is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte City <4>
  • Weston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Weston is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,834 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <4>
  • Nortonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nortonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
    • Nortonville is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nortonville <4>
  • Camden Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Point
    • Camden Point is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden Point <4>
  • Dearborn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dearborn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
    • Dearborn is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dearborn <4>
  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Effingham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effingham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham
    • Effingham is located in Atchison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effingham <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Williams ...

Looking for more information about Port Williams? 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 Port Williams, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Williams.

Adding Port Williams to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Williams 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 Port Williams was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Port Williams on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Williams.

The official website for Atchison County: www.atchisoncountyks.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Port Williams and then turned east". While Port Williams could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Port Williams as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Port Williams 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.
<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 Port Williams - 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.




 

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