Williamsburg, Missouri

Williamsburg is an unincorporated community in eastern Callaway County, Missouri, USA. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Nine Mile Presbyterian church, presided over by James W. Cruickshank. It is also located on Missouri Supplemental Route D just off Interstate 70 about thirteen miles northeast of Fulton at 38°52′11″N 91°44′49″W / 38.86972°N 91.74694°W / 38.86972; -91.74694 (38.8697, -91.7469)^[1]

Williamsburg is home to Cranes Country Store. Established in 1926, the store is a major draw for tourists from across the country.

Ira Louvin of country music act The Louvin Brothers was killed here. He died on June 20, 1965 when a drunken driver struck his car in Williamsburg, Missouri.

History

Williamsburg was laid out in 1836. It was named for Harvey Williams.^[2]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 268.

Municipalities and communities of Callaway County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Fulton

Cities	Auxvasse Fulton Holts Summit Jefferson City‡ Mokane New Bloomfield

Villages	Kingdom City Lake Mykee Town

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

Unincorporated communities	Cedar City Millersburg Portland Readsville Steedman Tebbetts Toledo Williamsburg Yucatan

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

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