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Williamsville is home to a large portion of the Great Iroquois Trail, which was established in 1798 after being routed by a Seneca Indian.
Williamsville is located in north-central Erie County, northeast of the city of Buffalo, and is the only incorporated village within the Town of Amherst. The community's first mill still stands today, a relic from the days of yore, when village founder Jonas Williams built it in 1811. Back then, Williamsville was known as Williams Mills because of its proximity to Niagara Falls, which drew the first local miller, Jonas Williams, to build mills in the area. Jonas wasn't the only miller to see the benefits of the waterfall, and soon the area was bursting with stagecoach shops, taverns, inns and several other mills. The population grew and grew, until it poured into the thousands. As of 2010, Williamsville was home to 5,300 residents. View Williamsville City Guide