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Williamsburg was first counted by the census in 1900

Most of Williamsburg was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1900.

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How Williamsburg began

When was Williamsburg founded?

1900

Williamsburg first appears in the census in 1900.

First census: 337 in 19002020 census: 731126 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Williamsburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Williamsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1910 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.
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Start Williamsburg’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Williamsburg’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Williamsburg, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020556 in 1910Low: 57

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1910 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Williamsburg’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Williamsburg, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Williamsburg yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Williamsburg is a statutory town located in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 731 at the 2020 census. The Florence post office (ZIP code 81226) serves Williamsburg.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 662 to 731 (+10%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Williamsburg, 1882 to 2020

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Williamsburgh post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 21st century
  6. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 731
By decade

Williamsburg, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Williamsburg, Colorado2018Williamsburg, Colorado
On the map

Williamsburg on the map, 1959 to 1976

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Williamsburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Williamsburg on the 1959 USGS mapWilliamsburg on the 1976 USGS map1959Canon City sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Williamsburg.

Famous people

Famous people close to Williamsburg

Nobody well known was born in Williamsburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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David PackardAmerican electrical engineer, businessman, and … · b. 1912
Jon WattsAmerican film director, producer and screenwrit… · b. 1981
Connie SawyerAmerican actress · b. 1912
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Bill ButlerAmerican cinematographer · b. 1921
Donald Howard MenzelAmerican astronomer · b. 1901
Grant WithersAmerican film actor · b. 1905
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Bear Gulch MinemineFremont QuarrymineMagnet MinemineMcNeil MinemineMidway MinemineNorth Magnet MinemineOcean Wave MinemineRed Onion MinemineS P Smith MinemineSanta Fe Number Four MinemineSanta Fe Number Three MinemineWelch MinemineWilliamsburg MinemineWilson MinemineYellow Onion Minemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

RockvaleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Williamsburg’s history

What year was Williamsburg founded?

The Williamsburg post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.