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Welcome to Williamsport ...The town of Williamsport is located in Washington County<1>. The location of Williamsport has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamsport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1796. When the people of Williamsport refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Williamsporter<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Williamsport has a population of 2,083 people<4> (see below for details). Williamsport is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Williamsport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Williamsport: (301) & (240)<6> The ZIP code for Williamsport: 21795<7> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Williamsport had an population of 2,083 people. This is a decrease of 2.53% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.51% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Williamsport had a population of 2,137 people. This makes Williamsport the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Williamsport represents 0.04% of the total population of Maryland (which has 5,773,552 people), making it the state's 69th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,137 people, the population of Williamsport increased 14.4% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,868 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Williamsport. Communities Also Named Williamsport ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Williamsport - they are located in Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Ohio (4), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamsport. Communities near Williamsport ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Williamsport.
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 Williamsport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williamsport. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williamsport. 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 Williamsport. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsport. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Williamsport. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Williamsport ...Looking for more information about Williamsport? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Williamsport, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Williamsport. Adding Williamsport to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Williamsport 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 Williamsport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Williamsport in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamsport. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Williamsport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/ The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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