Williamstown

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

  • From Williams +‎ town.
    • (Kansas): Founded in 1865 by local property owners Mapes, Williams & Moore.
    • (New Jersey): Renamed after John Williams, grandson of prominent landowner Richard Penn who left him the land.
    • (New York): Renamed in honor of Judge Henry Williams shortly after he relocated there in 1802.
    • (Ohio): Named after John W. Williams who laid out it in 1834.
    • (West Virginia): Named for Isaac Williams (1737–1820), who settled there in 1787.
  • From William +‎ -s- +‎ town.
    • (Victoria): Renamed after William IV, then the English monarch.

Proper noun[edit]

Williamstown

  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Decatur County and Rush County, Indiana.
    2. Synonym of Frytown, Iowa.
    3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
    4. A city, the county seat of Grant County, also partly in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
    5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
    6. A township in Ingham County, Michigan; the independent city of Williamston is just within the township.
    7. A census-designated place in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    8. A town in Oswego County, New York.
    9. An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio.
    10. A borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
    11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Orange County, Vermont.
    12. A city in Wood County, West Virginia.
    13. A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
  2. A community in South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  3. An area in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.
  4. A village in County Galway, Ireland.
  5. A suburb of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0406). [1]
  6. A suburban village near Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0090).
  7. A town north-east of Adelaide, South Australia.
  8. A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hobsons Bay, Victoria, Australia.
  9. A suburb of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ OS: Merthyr Tydfil
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