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Welcome to Williamstown ...

Williamstown is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

Williamstown is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Williamstown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Williamstown: 785

Communities Also Named Williamstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Williamstown - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana (2), Iowa (3), 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 for Williamstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Williamstown post office opened in 1866.

We also found Williamstown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamstown.

Footnotes ...

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

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