Williamstown, Missouri
Location of Williamstown in Missouri
Location of Williamstown in Missouri
Coordinates: 40°14′27″N 91°47′51″W / 40.24083°N 91.79750°W / 40.24083; -91.79750
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyLewis
Area
  Total0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2)
  Land0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation725 ft (221 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total60
  Density221.40/sq mi (85.38/km2)
FIPS code29-80008
GNIS 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, ILMO 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
CensusPop.Note
202060
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Notable people

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
  4. Steinbeck, Dan (September 28, 2006). "Williamstown, now 150 years old, was once a busier town". Press-News Journal. p. 4. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 185.
  6. "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.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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