Welcome to Williams Creek ...

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

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

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Williams Creek would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

The location of Williams Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williams Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

A typical abbreviation for Williams Creek: Williams Crk. (or less commonly used: Williams Ck. or Williams Cr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Williams Creek for more information about variations on the name of Williams Creek.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Williams Creek is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Williams Creek was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Williams Creek once stood is in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Williams Creek ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities Also Named Williams Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Williams Creek - they are located in Indiana and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Williams Creek ...

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

• Medford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
  • Medford is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,412 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medford <6>
• Grants Pass
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Pass
  • Grants Pass is located in Josephine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants Pass <6>
• Central Point
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point
  • Central Point is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,117 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central Point <6>
• Jacksonville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
  • Jacksonville is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,865 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville <6>
• Rogue River
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogue River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogue River
  • Rogue River is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,340 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogue River <6>
• Gold Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Gold Hill is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Hill <6>
• Williams
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Williams is located in Josephine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williams <6>
• Murphy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • Murphy is located in Josephine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <6>
• Ruch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruch
  • Ruch is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruch <6>
• New Hope
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Josephine County

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

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

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

Adding Williams Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Williams Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Williams Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Williams Creek post office opened in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williams Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/