Williamstown, Missouri Explained

Official Name:	Williamstown, Missouri
Settlement Type:	Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Missouri
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Lewis
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	0.70
Area Land Km2:	0.70
Area Water Km2:	0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:	0.27
Area Land Sq Mi:	0.27
Area Water Sq Mi:	0.00
Population As Of:	2020
Population Total:	60
Population Density Km2:	85.38
Population Density Sq Mi:	221.40
Elevation Ft:	725
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	29-80008
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	2806411

Williamstown is an unincorporated community in northern Lewis County, Missouri, United States. 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.

History

Williamstown was laid out in 1856.^[2] The community was named for its founder, Minus Williams.^{[3] [4]}

Demographics

Notable people

• Elbert K. Fretwell educator

Notes and References

1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
2. News: Williamstown, now 150 years old, was once a busier town . Press-News Journal . Sep 28, 2006 . 1 November 2015 . Steinbeck, Dan . 4.
3. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 185.
4. Web site: Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070552/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lewis.html . dead . 24 June 2016 . The State Historical Society of Missouri. 26 October 2016.