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Welcome to Williamsville ...

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

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

Williamsville would have been located within present day Delaware County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

Time Zone: The area where Williamsville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Williamsville was located: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Williamsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Williamsville - they are located in Delaware (2), Illinois, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamsville.

Communities near Williamsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Williamsville.

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 Williamsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williamsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williamsville. 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 Williamsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsville. See our Newspapers Page for Williamsville.

Adding Williamsville to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Williamsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Williamsville post office opened in 1838. The Williamsville post office closed in 1860.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamsville.

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 Williamsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Williamsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Williamsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/