Do you know of Williams ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Williams. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Williams.<1>
We found mention of Williams as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bay County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1868 and closed in 1874.
Communities Also Named Williams ...
We found 62 communities that share the name Williams.
There are three communities within Michigan that are also named Williams.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 60 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Barry County
- Kalamazoo County
- Wexford County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Williams [Coconino County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Colusa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Williams [Colusa County].
- Modoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Williams [Modoc County].
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Williams [Sonoma County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Butts County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Williams [Butts County].
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Williams [Chatham County].
- Wilcox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Williams [Wilcox County].
- Indiana
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Williams [Adams County].
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Williams [Clay County].
- Elkhart County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Williams [Elkhart County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Williams [Lawrence County].
- Iowa
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Williams [Hamilton County].
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Williams [Edwards County].
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Williams [Boyd County].
- Morgan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Williams [Morgan County].
- Ohio County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Williams [Ohio County].
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Williams [Webster County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Williams.
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Lake of the Woods County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Williams [Lake of the Woods County].
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Williams [Madison County].
- Pondera County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Williams [Pondera County].
- Nebraska
- Thayer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Williams [Thayer County].
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Williams [Ocean County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Williams.
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Williams [Columbus County].
- Forsyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Williams [Forsyth County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Williams [Wayne County].
- Ohio
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Williams [Union County].
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Williams [Le Flore County].
- Rogers County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Williams [Rogers County].
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Williams [Josephine County].
- Pennsylvania
- Forest County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williams [Forest County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williams [Jefferson County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williams [Montgomery County].
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williams [Somerset County].
- South Carolina
- Colleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Williams [Colleton County].
- Tennessee
- Lauderdale County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Williams [Lauderdale County].
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Williams [Macon County].
- Texas
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williams [Brown County].
- Hardeman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williams [Hardeman County].
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williams [Hidalgo County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williams [Jefferson County].
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Williams [Liberty County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Mathews County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Williams [Mathews County].
- Norfolk City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Williams [Norfolk City].
- West Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Williams ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Williams:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Bay County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bay County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |