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Williams is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,072. [3] There were three different post offices in the area named for their proximity to Williams Creek: Williams, Williamsburg and Williams Creek (in Jackson County). [4]
Williams Creek was originally planned as an exclusive community for the wealthy in 1925, and it was incorporated as a town in 1932. The town was the home of American writer Kurt Vonnegut's parents when he wrote a letter home from Europe [7] after surviving the bombing of Dresden as a POW.
On January 1, 1970, the city-county consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County resulted in the partial annexation of 16 towns, known as "included towns". [10] Under state statute, included towns retain some limited autonomy; however, they are legally considered part of the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, subject to its laws and government.
Williams Creek may refer to: United States. Williams Creek, Indiana, a town; Williams Creek (Cole Camp Creek), a stream in Missouri; Williams Creek (Fishing River), a stream in Missouri; Williams Creek (Spring River), a stream in Missouri; Williams Creek, South Dakota, a township; Williams Creek (Texas), a river in Texas
In 1993, the city of Austin purchased land adding 13.6 acres (55,000 m 2) to Williamson Creek Greenbelt and Dove Springs District Park. [3] In 2006, there were protests over a federal proposal for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to widen the creek in four areas in order to mitigate flooding in other neighborhoods. Local residents were ...
Liberty is a community in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. [2] Following the discovery of gold in Swauk creek in 1873, Liberty was one of several gold-mining camps that sprang up. The Swauk creek discovery is notable for producing specimens of crystalline gold. Liberty was formerly known as Williams Creek. [3]
Built in 1958, the Williams Creek Dam is an earthen dam that impounds Williams Creek. The 100-foot (30-meter) high dam stores 14,543 acre-feet (17,939,000 cubic meters) of water. Colorado Parks and Wildlife owns the dam, and its NID ID# is CO01099. [2]
Williams Creek is a creek in Navarre, Florida. [1] [2] The creek is a tributary body of water to the Santa Rosa Sound.In recent time, the creek has been a subject of advocacy and controversy for the cleaning of local waterways and the preventing of sewage effluent from entering those same waterways.