Williamstown, Missouri
Williamstown is an unincorporated community in northern Lewis County, Missouri, United States.[3] It is located at the intersection of Missouri Supplemental Routes A and E, approximately twenty miles northwest of Canton. The community is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Williamstown, Missouri | |
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 Location of Williamstown in Missouri | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Lewis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2) |
| • Land | 0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 60 |
| • Density | 221.40/sq mi (85.38/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-80008 |
| GNIS feature ID | 728908[2] |
History
Williamstown was laid out in 1856.[5] The community was named for its founder, Minus Williams.[6][7]
References
- "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- Steinbeck, Dan (Sep 28, 2006). "Williamstown, now 150 years old, was once a busier town". Press-News Journal. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 185.
- "Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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