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Monday, June 08, 2009 12:05 PM

A closer look: Williamsburg

By The Herald Staff

In 1867, Englishman William H. Schofield purchased 34,000 acres, former land of the Sac and Fox Indians, that included what is now Williamsburg. A charter of incorporation for The Williamsburg Town Company was filed July 28, 1867.

The first house was built in 1868. The town then was surveyed and staked out and the streets were named. A certification of the map of the town site of Williamsburg was filed at the Franklin County Register of Deeds Office Oct. 12, 1869.

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