Williamsburg, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Williamsburg is an unincorporated community in eastern Callaway County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D just north of Interstate 70, approximately thirteen miles northeast of Fulton. The Whetstone Creek Conservation Area along Whetstone Creek lies about one mile to the north.[2] The ZIP Code for Williamsburg is 63388.[3]

## History

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An old variant name was Fruits.[1] A post office called Fruits was established in 1824, and the name was changed to Williamsburg in 1835.[4] The present name is after Harvey Williams, in whose house the post office once was located.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamsburg, Missouri
2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 38-96, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. ^ "Williamsburg ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
5. ^ "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.

38°55′13″N 91°42′06″W﻿ / ﻿38.92028°N 91.70167°W﻿ / 38.92028; -91.70167

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Municipalities and communities of Callaway County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Fulton

Cities|

* Auxvasse
* Fulton
* Holts Summit
* Jefferson City‡
* Mokane
* New Bloomfield

Map of Missouri highlighting Callaway County

Village|

* Kingdom City

Townships|

* Auxvasse
* Bourbon
* Caldwell
* Calwood
* Cedar
* Cleveland
* Cote Sans Dessein
* East Fulton
* Guthrie
* Jackson
* Liberty
* McCredie
* Nine Mile Prairie
* Round Prairie
* St. Aubert
* Shamrock
* Summit
* West Fulton

CDP|

* Tebbetts

Other
communities|

* Bachelor
* Boydsville
* Callaway
* Calwood
* Carrington
* Cedar City
* Concord
* Dixie
* Earl
* Folsom
* Guthrie
* Hams Prairie
* Hatton
* Hereford
* Millersburg
* Portland
* Readsville
* Reform
* Shamrock
* Steedman
* Stephens
* Toledo
* Wainwright
* Williamsburg
* Youngers
* Yucatan

Ghost towns|

* Cote Sans Dessein
* Garrett

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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