History · Williams
Williams’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Williams. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
1920established
4old images & papers
2recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The postal service established a post office at Central in 1874. The town and post office were renamed in 1876, in honor of W. H. Williams, who platted the townsite. The city of Williams was incorporated in 1920.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1920Established
1923Sacramento Valley Museum buildingCommons
1930s2 items · Traveler's Motel - Hotel, Williams, C…Commons
1940–1979Nothing in the archives yet
1987Razor's Edge Barber ShopCommons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Williams’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSacramento Valley Museum building, 1923: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Williams, decade by decade
1920s1 item
1930s2 items
1940s–
1970s
1970s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album1980s1 item
1990s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumToday2 photos
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sacramento Valley Museum building (1923) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.