| William B. Umstead State Park | W Wake County 10 mi. NW of Raleigh. Est. 1943 as Crabtree Creek State Park; name changed 1955 to honor the late governor William B. Umstead (1895-1954). Contains 5,080 acres. Nature trail; camping, fishing, and boating. See also Reedy Creek State Park. |
| Williams | community in S Wayne County near Williams Millpond. |
| Williams | formerly an inc. town in E Yadkin County, the site now being in W Forsyth County. A whiskey distillery was operated at the site by the Williams family (who settled there about 1765) from shortly after the Revolution until 1908. On February 26, 1903, the General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting the operation of whiskey distilleries outside of inc. towns. On March 3, 1903, the town of Williams was inc. With the coming of statewide prohibition in 1908, the Williams distillery closed and the "town" ceased to exist. |
| Williams Branch | rises in NE Buncombe County near Ingraham Mountain and flows SW into Dillingham Creek. |
| Williams Branch | rises in E Swain County and flows E into Wesser Creek. |
| Williams Creek | rises in central Cleveland County and flows SW into First Broad River. |
| Williams Creek | rises in NE Montgomery County and flows SE into Moore County, where it enters Wolf Creek. |
| Williams Creek | rises in W Wake County and flows SE into Swift Creek. |
| Williams Crossroads | community in S Wake County near the head of Neal Branch. |
| Williams Lake | NW Sampson County on Caesar Swamp. Formed about 1855 as a millpond. Covers 30 acres; max. depth 12 ft. First owned by Joel Jackson and known as Joel Jackson Pond; acquired by his daughter, who married a Williams, hence the present name. |