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- Special Valentine nominations wanted
The Grant County News wants to hear about someone special in your life. It could be your sweetheart, your children, your parents, a neighbor or family friend.
- Donate Blood, Win Tix
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati will give all blood donors the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the Lil Wayne Concert at U.S. Bank Arena on Jan.
- Fire damages Crittenden Church
Firefighters from Dry Ridge, Williamstown, Crittenden and Walton helped put out a fire that damaged Violet Ridge Church of Christ in Crittenden on Tuesday, Dec.
- Help with groceries is here
How would you like to spend $30 for groceries and walk away with enough food to feed a family of four for a week? It's possible, Kim McKinnon said.
- Icy roads lead to hazardous driving
The weather outside was frightful on Tuesday, Dec. 23 for motorists and local first responders.
- Looking back at 2008
The year 2008 brought Grant County a lot of changes, as well as tragedy and triumph.
- Relay kickoff set for Jan. 19
Are you ready to relay? The Grant County Relay For Life gets started with a bang on Jan.
- Money for heat aid soon available
COVINGTON - Assistance will soon be available for families that need emergency help heating their homes this winter.
- Sue Northcutt
CRITTENDEN - Sue Messmer Northcutt, 75, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood.
- Decorations bring Williamstown family together
For Jeremy Souder, decorating at Christmas time is a tradition his children don't ever forget.
- Smokers can start New Year clean
Start the New Year by kicking the costly smoking habit. Starting next month, the Northern Kentucky Health Department is offering three sessions of the 13-week Cooper-Clayton smoking cessation program in ...
- Officers play Santa
Before he picked out a toy or anything for himself, Devon placed pink roses in the Wal-Mart shopping cart to take to his mother, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
- Dry Ridge adopts rules governing alcohol
The Dry Ridge City Council took the next step Monday, Dec. 15, in making the city moist.
- Wreaths to mark veterans' graves
On Friday, local veterans plan to place wreaths at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North in Williamstown as part of the national Wreaths Across America ceremony.
- Former jail deputies sentenced
Wesley Lanham and Shawn Freeman finally found out how long they'll spend behind bars for their role in a 2003 rape at the Grant County Detention Center.
- School cuts felt locally
Financially strapped school districts across the state may soon take another hit in state funding.
- An empty house becomes something more
For a year and a half, I've lived in Grant County. And for a year and a half, I've been on my own.
- Got salt?
The temperature has dipped and that means the potential for snow and ice aren't far behind.
- Man Killed in Pendleton County Fire
All that is left of the home on Moore Road in Pendleton County is a smouldering mass of lumber and a brick chimney.
Williamstown Classifieds
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City DescriptionWilliamstown is a small city in Grant County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 3,227 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.
When Grant County was formed in 1820, William Arnold offered land for the county seat. Arnold was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and settled the area in 1795. The town built there was named after him when it incorporated in 1825.
The county grew slowly, reaching a population of just 281 by 1870. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad was built through the county in 1877, and Williamstown Lake was created in 1957. Finally, I-75 was built in the 1960s.
Williamstown is located at 38°38′28″N 84°33′39″W / 38.64111, -84.56083 (38.641184, -84.560920).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.5 square miles (42.7 km²), of which, 16.0 square miles (41.3 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (3.22%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,227 people, 1,279 households, and 879 families residing in the city. The population density was 202.2 people per square mile (78.1/km²). There were 1,375 housing units at an average density of 86.2/sq mi (33.3/km²). The racial makeup of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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