The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hiram Willits arrived from Indiana in 1857 to settle in the Little Lake Valley. Kirk Brier founded the settlement on Willits' land. Willits was originally called "Willitsville". Later, when the post office opened in 1861, it was called "Little Lake". The name changed to Willits in 1874. The community incorporated in 1888.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Willits’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Willits’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Willits
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Willits, decade by decade
1990s
4 historic places in Willits
4 places in Willits are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the National Register (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.