Williston
Encyclopedia
Places
United States- Williston Northampton SchoolWilliston Northampton SchoolThe Williston Northampton School, or "Williston," is a private co-educational preparatory school for boarding and day students in seventh grade through postgraduate year located in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The campus offers a range of extra-curricular activities in the arts and athletics...
, a prep school in Easthampton, Ma - Williston, FloridaWilliston, FloridaWilliston is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,297 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 2,467.-Geography:Williston is located at ....
, a city in Levy County - Williston, MarylandWilliston, MarylandWilliston, is an unincorporated town on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland, in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is on Maryland Route 16 as well as on the banks of the Choptank River. It was originally known as Potter's Landing for its first resident, Zabdiel Potter...
, a town in Caroline County - Williston, North Carolina, a village in Carteret County
- Williston, North DakotaWilliston, North Dakota-Demographics:Preliminary data from a 2010 housing study indicates that population has grown by nearly 22 percent over the past decade; the actual increase might be much higher. Williston is in western North Dakota's booming oil patch, and adequate, affordable housing has become a concern. The...
, a city in Williams County - Williston, OhioWilliston, OhioWilliston is an unincorporated community in northern Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, located along State Route 579. It is located in the northwestern part of the state, near Toledo. Its ZIP code is 43468. Its population was 211 people, according to the 2000 Census...
, a town in Ottawa County - Williston, South CarolinaWilliston, South CarolinaWilliston is a town in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,307 at the 2000 census.The town lies in the center of the Charleston-Hamburg railroad line, the line of the Best Friend locomotive. The train tracks were removed in the 1990s, however, the track site has...
, a town in Barnwell County - Williston, TennesseeWilliston, TennesseeWilliston is a city in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 341 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Williston is located at ....
, a city in Fayette County - Williston, VermontWilliston, VermontWilliston is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 8,698 at the 2010 census, an increase of over 1,000 people since the 2000 census...
, a town in Chittenden County - Williston Highlands, FloridaWilliston Highlands, FloridaWilliston Highlands is a census-designated place in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,386 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Williston Highlands is located at ....
, a census-designated place in Levy County - Williston Park, New YorkWilliston Park, New YorkWilliston Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 7,287 at the 2010 census.The Village of Williston Park is in the Town of North Hempstead.-Geography:...
, a village in Nassau County
South Africa
- Williston, Northern CapeWilliston, Northern CapeWilliston is a town in Northern Cape, South Africa. Originally settled by people from Germany, the town was renamed in honor of Hampden Willis in 1883.-References:...
, a town in the Northern Cape Province
Canada
- Williston LakeWilliston LakeWilliston Lake is a reservoir created by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam and is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:...
, the largest man-made lake in North America, located in the Peace River Country of northern British Columbia
People
- Samuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, an American paleontologist - Samuel WillistonSamuel WillistonSamuel Williston was an American lawyer and law professor.Early in Williston's career, from 1888 to 1889 he worked as the private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. In the summer of 1889, he helped to collate laws from various U.S...
, authority on contract law
See also
- East Williston (disambiguation)
- Williston Negotiation CompetitionWilliston Negotiation CompetitionThe Williston Negotiation Competition is an annual negotiation and contract drafting competition at Harvard Law School.Students work in paired teams of two, with each team representing a side in a complex business deal...
, an annual negotiation and contract drafting competition at Harvard Law School