Williamstown, New York
| Williamstown, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Oswego County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 43°27′11″N 75°53′59″W / 43.45306°N 75.89972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Oswego |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.2 sq mi (101.4 km2) |
| • Land | 38.7 sq mi (100.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 633 ft (193 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,277 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13493 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-82073 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979641 |
Williamstown is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,277 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Williamstown is on the county's east border.
After the Revolutionary War Williamstown, New York did not exist until plans were made to settle west of the Hudson River. In 1791 Nicholas and John Roosevelt purchased 525,000 that covered most of Oswego, Oneida, and a small chunk of Herkimer Counties known as the Roosevelt purchase. In 1794 it was then purchased by George Scriba, which then became the Scriba Patent. Scriba then broke up most of the land that he purchased into townships and given what is now Williamstown the name Franklin, Township No.5. Ichabod Comstock was the first to settle in Franklin in 1801. Judge Henry Williams relocated to Franklin from Camden, New York in 1802 and shortly after Williams came to Franklin the people renamed the town Williamstown in Williams’s honor. Williamstown became an official town after separating from Mexico, part of Oneida county at the time on March 24, 1804. Oswego County wasn’t formed until 1816.
The east town line is the border of Oneida County, New York.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.2 square miles (102 km2), of which, 38.7 square miles (100 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (1.20%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,350 people, 449 households, and 338 families residing in the town. The population density was 34.9 people per square mile (13.5/km²). There were 634 housing units at an average density of 16.4 per square mile (6.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.07% White, 0.37% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.19% of the population.
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