BlockBefore

Williamstown, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47240. The Survey maps it on the Milroy quadrangle.

Williamstown within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

1,257 words on this township

History of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Clinton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Clinton Township - 1,257 words.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sandusky2.3 miles10
Springhill (historical)2.9 miles10
Downeyville4.8 miles10
Clarksburg6.6 miles10
Kingston6.7 miles10
Saint Omer6.8 miles10
Adams6.8 miles10
Greensburg8.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446089. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.