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Williamstown, Missouri

Coordinates: 40°14′27″N 91°47′51″W / 40.24083°N 91.79750°W / 40.24083; -91.79750
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Williamstown, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
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
[1]
 • Total
0.27 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)
 • Total
60
 • 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, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202060—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History

Williamstown was laid out in 1856.[5] The community was named for its founder, Minus Williams.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamstown, Missouri
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Steinbeck, Dan (Sep 28, 2006). "Williamstown, now 150 years old, was once a busier town". Press-News Journal. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 185.
  7. ^ "Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.


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