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Welcome to Williams ...

Williams is located in Macon County<1>.

Williams is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Williams lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Williams and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Williams: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Williams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Williams: This one is located in Macon County and the other is located in Lauderdale County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 61 communities that are also named Williams - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas, California (3), Florida, Georgia (3), Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Texas (5), Utah (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Williams ...

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

  • Difficult
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Hartsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Scottsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Westmoreland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Castalian Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gamaliel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fountain Run
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bransford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bransford is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
  • Meadorville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Meadorville is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Williams ...

Looking for more information about Williams? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Williams, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Williams.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Williams - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Williams area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Williams area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.