Do you know of Williamsville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Williamsville. 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 Williamsville.

Our sources for Williamsville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Williamsville other than they indicate that Williamsville would be found somewhere in Grenada County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1914.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Williamsville ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Williamsville.

There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Williamsville.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Located In Mississippi ...
  • Attala County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Williamsville [Attala County].
  • Neshoba County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Williamsville [Neshoba County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Delaware
    • Kent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Williamsville [Kent County].
    • Sussex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Williamsville [Sussex County].
  • Illinois
    • Sangamon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Williamsville [Sangamon County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Berkshire County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Williamsville [Berkshire County].
    • Worcester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Williamsville [Worcester County].
  • Michigan
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Williamsville [Cass County].
    • Livingston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Williamsville [Livingston County].
  • Missouri
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Williamsville [Wayne County].
  • Nebraska
    • Richardson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Williamsville [Richardson County].
  • Nevada
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Williamsville [Clark County].
  • New York
    • Erie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Williamsville [Erie County].
  • North Carolina
    • Person County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Williamsville [Person County].
  • Ohio
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Williamsville [Delaware County].
  • Ontario
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Williamsville.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Elk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williamsville [Elk County].
  • Tennessee
    • Dickson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Williamsville [Dickson County].
  • Vermont
    • Windham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Williamsville [Windham County].
  • Virginia
    • Bath County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Williamsville [Bath County].
    • Shenandoah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Williamsville [Shenandoah County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Williamsville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Williamsville:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Williamsville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Grenada County ...

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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 Grenada County.