Kentucky · Census place 2183406

Williamstown, Kentucky

Williamstown is a city in Grant County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,971 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,971; #92 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +1.6%; +62 people
Land area: 16.8 sq mi; + 0.53 sq mi water
Density: 236 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Williamstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Williamstown population, 2020 to 2024

Williamstown added 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,900. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamstown covers 16.84 square miles of land and 0.53 of water, for 236 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Williamstown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamstown is in

All of Williamstown's residents live in Grant County, which had 25,722 residents in 2024. Williamstown holds 15.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41097. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Williamstown is

The Census internal point of Williamstown is at 38.639800, -84.572500. Frankfort, the capital, is 35.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crittenden, KY (4,125 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 34.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.639800, -84.572500
DMS: 38°38'23.28"N 84°34'21.00"W
UTM: 16N 711277.1E 4279601.7N
Geohash: dngggd0jj
Plus code: 86CQJCQH+W2

Daylight in Williamstown

At 38.64° N, Williamstown gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Williamstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Dry Ridge, 3.5 miles away, with 2,207 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamstown, KY?

3,971 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 62 (1.6%) from 3,909 in July 2020.

What county is Williamstown in?

Grant County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Williamstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41097.

How far is Williamstown from Frankfort?

35.3 miles (56.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Williamstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamstown?

Crittenden, KY, with 4,125 residents, 10.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.