Williamstown Kansas Map

About Williamstown, Kansas

Williamstown is a locality in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 96. The population density is 316.8 people per km². Williamstown is located at 39.0628°N, 95.3328°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66073.

Williamstown occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the earth stretches toward a vast and unencumbered sky. It lies 8.2 miles northwest of Lawrence, KS (from Lawrence, KS: bearing 320°T), and is situated 18.6 miles east of Topeka. Stone Horse Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its banks lined with the persistent, silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the prevailing wind. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Sand Hills creates a faint, serrated edge against the horizon, thirty-five miles to the west. The light here possesses a singular, golden clarity at dusk, casting long, deliberate shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the surrounding prairie.

Williamstown remains anchored in an agrarian legacy, defined by the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest that have shaped the local economy for generations. The legacy of the land is tangible in the way the soil shifts from deep, dark loam to the lighter, dusty hues of the high plains, a reminder of the environmental challenges that once tested those who first staked their claims here. Residents often venture toward Perry Lake to find reprieve in the water’s edge, or seek the quietude of the trails at Riverfront Park to observe the changing foliage. Though the pace of daily existence in Williamstown is measured by the slow rotation of the seasons, there is a profound, stoic beauty in the way the architecture of the farmsteads mirrors the honest, unadorned lines of the landscape itself.

About This Williamstown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williamstown, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.062778, -95.332751. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Williamstown includes the ZIP code (66073), telephone area code (913), county seat of Jefferson County (Oskaloosa), and school district assignment (Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.