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'''Williamstown''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in northern [[Lewis County, Missouri|Lewis County]], [[Missouri]], [[United States]]. It is located at the intersection of [[Missouri Supplemental Route]]s A and E about twenty miles northwest of [[Canton, Missouri|Canton]]. The community is part of the [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]], [[Illinois|IL]]–MO [[Quincy micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. |
'''Williamstown''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in northern [[Lewis County, Missouri|Lewis County]], [[Missouri]], [[United States]]. It is located at the intersection of [[Missouri Supplemental Route]]s A and E about twenty miles northwest of [[Canton, Missouri|Canton]]. The community is part of the [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]], [[Illinois|IL]]–MO [[Quincy micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. |
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==History== |
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Williamstown was founded about 1856. It was named for its founder, Minus Williams.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA185#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=185}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:06, 13 April 2014
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 about twenty miles northwest of Canton. The community is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Williamstown was founded about 1856. It was named for its founder, Minus Williams.[1]
References
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 185.
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