Welcome to Willis ...The city of Willis is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). Willis is located in Montgomery County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Willis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Willis has a population of 7,053 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Willis is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Willis lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Willis: 936 The ZIP codes for Willis: 77318, 77378<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Willis had an population of 7,053 people. This is an increase of 24.57% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 76.99% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Willis had a population of 5,662 people. This makes Willis the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Willis represents 0.02% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 308th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,662 people, the population of Willis increased 42.08% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,985 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Willis. Communities Also Named Willis ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Willis - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana (2), Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee (3), Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willis. Communities near Willis ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Willis.
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 Willis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willis. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Willis. 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 Willis. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Willis. See our Newspapers Page for Willis. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willis ...Looking for more information about Willis? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Willis, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Willis. Adding Willis to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Willis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Willis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Willis. Footnotes ...
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