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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Williams Corner. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

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

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Williams Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Williams Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Williams Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Williams Corner: Williams Cor. (or less commonly used: Williams Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Williams Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Williams Corner may originally have been William's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Williams Corner might be written as William Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Williams Corner is historic, it would have been located within present day Natchitoches Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Natchitoches Parish: Bienville, De Soto, Grant, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, Vernon & Winn.

Below are the parishes that are near Williams Corner. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williams Corner:

  • Natchitoches Parish     (The home parish of Williams Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.
    • Melrose
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
      • Melrose is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <4>
    • Natchez
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natchez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
      • Natchez is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <4>
    • Cloutierville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Derry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
      • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Flora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Flora is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <4>
    • Clarence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
      • Clarence is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <4>
    • Natchitoches
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Marco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
      • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Gorum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorum
      • Gorum is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorum <4>
    • Provencal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Victoria
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Campti
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
      • Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campti <4>
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.
    • Montgomery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Montgomery is located in Grant Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <4>
    • Colfax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairmount
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmount have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
      • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
    • Dry Prong
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Prong have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Prong
      • Dry Prong is located in Grant Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Prong <4>
    • Bentley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Stay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.
    • Lena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatwoods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Mora is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <4>
    • Zimmerman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zimmerman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
      • Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
    • Boyce
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
      • Boyce is located in Rapides Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyce <4>
    • Hot Wells
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Wells
      • Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
    • Hemphill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
      • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
    • Gardner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Gardner is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardner <4>
  • Red River Parish
    • Lake End
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake End have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
      • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.
    • Alco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
      • Alco is located in Vernon Parish
    • Kurthwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kurthwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurthwood
      • Kurthwood is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kurthwood <4>
    • Simpson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Simpson is located in Vernon Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpson <4>
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.
    • Saint Maurice
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Maurice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice
      • Saint Maurice is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Maurice <4>
    • Atlanta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
      • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
    • Calvin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
      • Calvin is located in Winn Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvin <4>
    • Bethlehem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
      • Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
    • Winnfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnfield
      • Winnfield is located in Winn Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnfield <4>
    • Joyce
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
      • Joyce is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joyce <4>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williams Corner, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Williams Corner.

Newspapers Published in Williams Corner ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williams Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williams Corner, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williams Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Williams Corner:

Cemeteries Near Williams Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williams Corner.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williams Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.

  • Creola Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kimbrell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kimbrell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kimbrell Cemetery
  • Lee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mars Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mars Hill Cemetery
  • Camel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camel Cemetery
  • Verda Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Saline Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saline Cemetery
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaver Cemetery
  • Russell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
  • Dartigo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • St. Simon Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tucker Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Williams Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williams Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Williams Corner, with the one closest to Williams Corner listed first.

  • Montgomery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
    • Montgomery is located in Grant Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <4>
  • Bermuda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bermuda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
    • Bermuda is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Melrose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Melrose is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <4>
  • Mount Zion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Mount Zion is located in Winn Parish
  • Saint Maurice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Maurice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice
    • Saint Maurice is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Maurice <4>
  • Cypress
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
    • Cypress is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Cloutierville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Derry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Trichell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trichell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trichell
    • Trichell is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Clarence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
    • Clarence is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <4>
  • Natchitoches
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chopin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chopin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
    • Chopin is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Iatt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iatt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatt
      • Iatt is located in Grant Parish
    • Couley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
      • Couley is located in Winn Parish
    • Atlanta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williams Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williams Corner.

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williams Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williams Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williams Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6688, Longitude: -92.9290       In this case, the coordinates for Williams Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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