Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Williamstown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Williamstown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Williamstown ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Williams Town.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Williamstown. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamstown.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Williamstown is located in Orange County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orange County: Grafton (NH), Addison, Caledonia, Washington & Windsor.
Below are the counties that are near Williamstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamstown:
- Orange County (The home county of Williamstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Williamstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343 people
- East Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Chelsea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
- West Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- North Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,427 people
- West Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Corinth is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth
- East Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Braintree Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Granville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Granville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Granville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Hancock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ripton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- South Starksboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro
- Starksboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- West Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Lincoln is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lincoln
- Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Groton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Groton is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
- Lakeside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Groton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peacham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peacham is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
- Ryegate Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- Ryegate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- South Peacham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Peacham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McIndoe Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Barnet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- Harvey Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow
- West Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbank Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow
- Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
- Greenbank Village
- Greenbanks
- South Danville
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Buels Gore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buels Gore is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buels Gore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Huntington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
- Bolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Richmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
- Richmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hinesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hinesburg is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,522 people
- Nashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Elmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elmore is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lower Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Stowe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stowe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stowe is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
- Wolcott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Morristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Morrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Pittsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Graniteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- South Barre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Websterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Northfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Northfield Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,783 people
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Windsor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- East Bethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Royalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Royalton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Royalton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lilliesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lilliesville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilliesville
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Emerson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Gaysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Haverhill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- North Haverhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Woodsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Piermont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orfordville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orfordville is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Bath
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
- Lyme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Swiftwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Upper Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Lyme Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamstown, see our County-by-County Page for Williamstown.
Cemeteries Near Williamstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamstown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Williamstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williamstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Williamstown Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Adams Lot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Loomis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goodridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Sylvester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Sylvester Cemetery
- The St. Sylvester Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Sylvester Catholic Cemetery
- St. Sylvester's Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (449 more) ...
- Fish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cheney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Williamstown had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamstown, with the one closest to Williamstown listed first.
- Graniteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Websterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- South Northfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Northfield
- East Roxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Roxbury
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- Northfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Berlin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamstown.
Newspapers Published in Williamstown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williamstown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williamstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Williamstown:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Lamoille County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Windsor County
- Grafton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williamstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |