| Williams, Oregon | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Williams |
| Coordinates: | 42.2189°N -123.2733°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Josephine |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1881 |
| Area Total Km2: | 29.33 |
| Area Land Km2: | 29.33 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1380 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1102 |
| Population Density Km2: | 37.57 |
| Timezone: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Postal Code: | 97544 |
| Area Code: | 541 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 41-82450 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1152385 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 11.32 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 11.32 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 97.32 |
Williams is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,072.[2]
There were three different post offices in the area named for their proximity to Williams Creek: Williams, Williamsburg and Williams Creek (in Jackson County).[3] Williams Creek, which flows into the Applegate River, was named for Captain Robert Williams, who fought against Rogue River Indians along the creek during the Rogue River Wars of 1855–6.[3] Williams post office was established in 1881 and is about six miles upstream from Provolt on Williams Creek, and two miles west of the Jackson-Josephine county line.[3] The community is served by the Three Rivers School District; Williams Elementary School is located in the community.
Williams is in southeastern Josephine County, in the valley of Williams Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Applegate River and part of the Rogue River watershed. It sits to the northeast of the Siskiyou Mountains and is 6miles south of Provolt and south of Grants Pass, the Josephine county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Williams CDP has an area of 29.3sqkm, all of it recorded as land.[2]
In 2022, Williams, OR had a population of 1.17k people with a median age of 43.2 and a median household income of $81,310. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Williams, OR grew from 1,033 to 1,173, a 13.6% increase and its median household income grew from $70,739 to $81,310.
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Williams has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[4]