Williamstown, Missouri

Census-Designated Place in Missouri, United States

40°14′27″N 91°47′51″W / 40.24083°N 91.79750°W / 40.24083; -91.79750CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyLewisArea

^[1]

• Total0.27 sq mi (0.70 km²) • Land0.27 sq mi (0.70 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

^[2]

725 ft (221 m)Population

(2020)

• Total60 • Density221.40/sq mi (85.38/km²)FIPS code29-80008GNIS feature ID2806411^[2]

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.

History

Williamstown was laid out in 1856.^[4] The community was named for its founder, Minus Williams.^[5]^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	60		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

Notable people

Elbert K. Fretwell educator

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
^ Steinbeck, Dan (September 28, 2006). "Williamstown, now 150 years old, was once a busier town". Press-News Journal. p. 4. Retrieved November 1, 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 June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.