Williamson

Williamson County is a county in and is part of the Metro Lakeland area of . Its largest city and county seat is . As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 67,153.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: county of Illinois with 66,400 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Williamson County”, “Williamson County, IL”, and “Williamson County, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Williamson County Jail and Goddard Chapel.

Museum
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The , located at 105 S. Van Buren St. in , is the former county jail serving Williamson County, . The Prairie School building served as the county jail from 1913 to 1971.

Chapel
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is a historic chapel located in Rose Hill Cemetery in , . The chapel was constructed in 1918 through a donation from Leroy A.

Stadium
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is a in , that was completed in 2007. It is primarily used for baseball and was previously the home of the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League from 2007 to 2021 before being purchased by the Thrillville Thrillbillies of the Prospect League in 2023. is situated 2 miles northwest of Williamson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marion.

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is a city in . Named in honor of Francis and settled in 1839, isn't exactly replete with places to see but has forests and recreational areas nearby.

Williamson

Latitude
37.7303° or 37° 43′ 49″ north
Longitude
-88.9299° or 88° 55′ 48″ west
Population
66,400
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
Open location code
869HP3JC+32
Geo­Names ID
4253173
Wiki­data ID
Q486453
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Williamson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Williamson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويليامسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ويليامسون، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Ուիլյամսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Williamson”
  • Basque: “Williamson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Williamson County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Williamson County”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলিয়ামসন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলিয়ামসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уилиямсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Williamson”
  • Cebuano: “Williamson County”
  • Chechen: “Уильямсон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Уильямсон”
  • Chinese: “Williamson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “威廉森县”
  • Chinese: “威廉森縣”
  • Chinese: “威廉森郡”
  • Chinese: “威廉遜縣”
  • Dutch: “Williamson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Williamson”
  • Esperanto: “Williamson County”
  • Estonian: “Williamsoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Williamsonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Williamson”
  • French: “Comté de Williamson”
  • French: “Williamson County”
  • Georgian: “უილიამსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Williamson County”
  • Gilaki: “ویلیامسون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “ویلیامسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ουίλιαμσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ויליאמסון”
  • Hungarian: “Williamson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Williamson”
  • Italian: “contea di Williamson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Williamson”
  • Italian: “Williamson County”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムソン郡”
  • Korean: “윌리엄슨군”
  • Latin: “Williamson Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Williamson County”
  • Mazanderani: “ویلیامسون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “ویلیامسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Williamson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Williamson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williamson County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williamson County”
  • Norwegian: “Williamson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلیامسون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلیامسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Williamson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Williamson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Williamson”
  • Portuguese: “Williamson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Williamson, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Williamson”
  • Russian: “Вильямсон”
  • Russian: “Уильямсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Williamson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Williamson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вилијамсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Williamson County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Williamson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Williamson”
  • Slovenian: “Williamson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Williamson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Williamson”
  • Spanish: “Williamson County”
  • Swedish: “Williamson County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Williamson County”
  • Tatar: “Уильямсон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Уильямсон”
  • Turkish: “Williamson County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Williamson County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Williamson County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Williamson County”
  • Turkish: “Williamson ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Williamson ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Williamson ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Williamson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вільямсон”
  • Urdu: “ولیمسن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ولیمسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Williamson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Williamson, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Williamson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Williamson, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Williamson”
  • Welsh: “Williamson County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Williamson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولیمسن کاؤنٹی”

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