Do you know of Willard ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Willard. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Willard.
Our sources for Willard (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Willard other than they indicate that Willard would be found somewhere in Trinity County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1910.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Willard ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Willard.
Within Texas, the name Willard is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Prairie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Willard [Prairie County].
- Colorado
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Willard [Logan County].
- Georgia
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Willard [Putnam County].
- Idaho
- Benewah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Willard [Benewah County].
- Illinois
- Alexander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Willard [Alexander County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Willard [Saint Clair County].
- Iowa
- Wapello County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Willard [Wapello County].
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Willard [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Willard [Carter County].
- Maine
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Willard.
- Michigan
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Willard [Bay County].
- Missouri
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Willard [Greene County].
- Montana
- Fallon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Willard [Fallon County].
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willard [Lincoln County].
- New Mexico
- Torrance County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Willard [Torrance County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Willard [Chenango County].
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Willard [Seneca County].
- North Carolina
- Pender County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willard [Pender County].
- Ohio
- Huron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Willard [Huron County].
- Oklahoma
- Harper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Willard [Harper County].
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Trousdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willard [Trousdale County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willard [Fairfax County].
- Loudoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willard [Loudoun County].
- Wythe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willard [Wythe County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Willard [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Willard [Clark County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Willard ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Willard:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Trinity County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Trinity County.
| Alabama Creek | North Cedar |
| Bissell | Pagoda |
| Crete | Saunders |
| Sloans | |
| Iris | South Groveton |
| McDuffies | Wassons |
| White Rock | |
| Nogalus Prairie | Williard |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Willard 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 county. 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |