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We would like to provide the residents of  Williamsburg  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Williamsburg Home page. The Williamsburg Home page provides as much information as possible on Williamsburg. Knowing Williamsburg’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Williamsburg’s Home page, you will also find Williamsburg’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Williamsburg has a population of 1118. 49.6% of Williamsburg’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.4 are female. 51.8% of Williamsburg is married and 65.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $98,435, and the average rent is $600. Household median income in Williamsburg is $47,368, and the individual median income is $27,396. Williamsburg’s Ethnic is the following: White(96%), Multiple(3.7%), Hispanic(1.1%), Asian(0.4%).


Before the first settlers arrived in the vicinity of what was later called the Big Spring, this area was part of the hunting grounds of the Lenape and Shawnee. On July 6, 1754 a treaty was signed at Albany, New York between the Iroquois and the William Penn heirs, opening up portions of the west for settlement.


However, British policy forbidding western expansion was in effect until after the American Revolution. The massacre of Captain William Phillips' Rangers took place near Williamsburg in July 1780. Ten men were murdered after surrendering to a party of Indians. On September 17, 1789, George Reynolds took out a patent from the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for a large tract of unsettled land surrounding the Big Spring which flows into the Juniata River. The borough was founded in 1790 by Jacob Ake.


Originally called Aketown, it is the oldest borough in the current borders of Blair County. The name change was in honor of William Ake, Jacob's son. By 1810, there were 34 houses in the village; the census of 1820 notes an inn, a distillery, and the presence of one slave. The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Canal was completed in 1832, and opened on November 28 when the packetboat "John Blair" left Huntingdon, for the west.


The Blair County Children's Home was located in Williamsburg for many years until its destruction by fire. Today, the borough is approximately 30 blocks, centered on High and Second Streets. This comprises the Williamsburg Historic District, listed by the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.


Nearby places also listed are Etna Furnace, 5 miles (8 km) to the north, and the Daniel Royer House, 5 miles (8 km) to the southwest in Royer.Originally served by a canal along the Frankstown Branch Juniata River, the canal was abandoned in 1872. In the following year, the Pennsylvania Railroad completed a branch line from Hollidaysburg to Williamsburg along the old canal towpath.


It would eventually be extended to Petersburg in 1900, completing a bypass of the main line known as the Hollidaysburg and Petersburg Branch. The railroad supplied passenger service on the branch until 1933. Freight service would continue until 1982, when Conrail abandoned the line through Williamsburg.


It is now the Lower Trail (vide infra).The Blair County Children's Home, established in 1902, was located in Williamsburg, PA for many years until it was destroyed by fire on Aug. 2, 1975.


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