Do you know of Willards ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Willards. 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 Willards.<1>

We found mention of Willards as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Chenango County, New York.

Communities Also Named Willards ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Willards.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Willards.

Beyond New York, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In New York ...
- Seneca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Willards [Seneca County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Prairie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Willards [Prairie County].
- Colorado
  - Logan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Willards [Logan County].
- Georgia
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Willards [Putnam County].
- Idaho
  - Benewah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Willards [Benewah County].
- Illinois
  - Alexander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Willards [Alexander County].
  - Saint Clair County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Willards [Saint Clair County].
- Iowa
  - Wapello County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Willards [Wapello County].
- Kansas
  - Shawnee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Willards [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
  - Carter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Willards [Carter County].
- Maine
  - Cumberland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Willards [Cumberland County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Willards.
- Michigan
  - Bay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Willards [Bay County].
- Missouri
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Willards [Greene County].
- Montana
  - Fallon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Willards [Fallon County].
- Nebraska
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willards [Lincoln County].
- New Mexico
  - Torrance County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Willards [Torrance County].
- North Carolina
  - Pender County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willards [Pender County].
- Ohio
  - Huron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Willards [Huron County].
- Oklahoma
  - Harper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Willards [Harper County].
- Oregon
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Willards [Douglas County].
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Willards [Marion County].
- Tennessee
  - Trousdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willards [Trousdale County].
- Utah
  - Box Elder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Willards [Box Elder County].
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Willards [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Fairfax County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willards [Fairfax County].
  - Loudoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willards [Loudoun County].
  - Wythe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willards [Wythe County].
- Washington
  - Skamania County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Willards [Skamania County].
  - Whitman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Willards [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Willards [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Willards [Clark County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Willards ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Chenango 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 Chenango 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>

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 Willards 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.