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Communities Also Named Williamstown ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Williamstown.

Within Ontario, the name Williamstown is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 21 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Williamstown is located in Walker County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Williamstown.
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This Williamstown is located in Fannin County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Williamstown.
    • Indiana
      • Clay 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 Indiana community of Williamstown [Clay County].
      • Rush County
      • This Williamstown is located in Rush County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Williamstown.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar 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 Iowa community of Williamstown [Cedar County].
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Williamstown is located in Chickasaw County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Williamstown.
      • Johnson County
      • This Williamstown is located in Johnson County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Williamstown.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Williamstown is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Williamstown.
    • Kentucky
      • Grant County
      • This Williamstown is located in Grant County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Williamstown.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Williamstown is located in Berkshire County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Williamstown.
    • Missouri
      • Lewis County
      • This Williamstown is located in Lewis County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Williamstown.
    • New Brunswick
      • 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 New Brunswick community of Williamstown.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Williamstown is located in Gloucester County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Williamstown.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Williamstown is located in Oswego County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Williamstown.
    • Ohio
      • Defiance County
      • This Williamstown is located in Defiance County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Williamstown.
      • Hancock County
      • This Williamstown is located in Hancock County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Williamstown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Williamstown is located in Dauphin County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Williamstown.
      • Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Williamstown [Lancaster County].
      • Lehigh County
      • This Williamstown is located in Lehigh County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Williamstown.
      • Washington County
      • This Williamstown is located in Washington County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Williamstown.
    • Vermont
      • Orange County
      • This Williamstown is located in Orange County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Williamstown.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Williamstown is located in Wood County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Williamstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamstown ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Apple Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridge End
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Curry Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Glenroy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenroy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Green Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Isle of Skye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Skye came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Skye
  • Martintown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martintown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
  • Maybank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybank
  • Picnic Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Picnic Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picnic Grove
  • Summerstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerstown <5>
  • Summerstown Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown Station

How Far From Williamstown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Williamstown to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Williamstown and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Williamstown to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,140 miles [6,662.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williamstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1469, Longitude: -74.5800    
<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 Williamstown 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 . 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.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Williamstown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.749 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.028 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.836 degrees.




 

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