Welcome to Williamsburg ...

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

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

Williamsburg would have been located within present day Josephine County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Williamsburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1860.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Williamsburg is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Williamsburg would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Williamsburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 55 communities that are also named Williamsburg - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (4), Idaho, Illinois (5), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Williamsburg ...

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

• Grants Pass
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (19 miles [30.6 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
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (13 miles [20.9 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
  (16 miles [25.7 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>
• Applegate
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
  • Applegate is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Applegate <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>
• 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
• Ruch
  (10 miles [16.1 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>
• Fruitdale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
  • Fruitdale 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 Williamsburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williamsburg.

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

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

Adding Williamsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Williamsburg post office opened in 1860.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Williamsburg.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Josephine County: www.co.josephine.or.us/

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