Word.ws English Dictionary

Williamstown

Williamstown proper noun: an unincorporated community in Decatur County and Rush County, Indiana.

Proper noun

Williamstown

  1. An unincorporated community in Decatur County and Rush County, Indiana.
  2. Synonym of Frytown, Iowa.
    Synonyms:
    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.
Show 9 more meaningsShow fewer meanings
  1. A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
  2. A community in South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  3. An area of Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.
  4. A village in County Galway, Ireland.
  5. A suburb of Merthyr Tydfil in Park community, Merthyr Tydfil borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0406).
  6. A suburban village near Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taf 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.

Synonyms of Williamstown

Origin of Williamstown

* 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.

Words formed from Williamstown

Questions about Williamstown

What does Williamstown mean?
Williamstown means an unincorporated community in Decatur County and Rush County, Indiana.
What part of speech is Williamstown?
Williamstown is a proper noun.

Words near Williamstown in the dictionary

  1. Williamson County
  2. williamsoniaceous
  3. Williamsons
  4. Williamsport
  5. Williamston
  6. Williamstown
  7. Williamstown North
  8. Williamsville
  9. Williamthorpe
  10. Williamtown
  11. Williamwood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Williamstown (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Williamstown.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/williamstown. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.