Town file
Williamsburg, Indiana
Williamsburg, Indiana (Wayne County, Indiana) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 654, "Death In The Family" (6 December 2025). Williamsburg, Indiana, is a town of 473 people in Green Township, Wayne County, in the eastern part of the state.
- Town
- Williamsburg
- County
- Wayne County
- State
- Indiana
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 654
- Approximate location
- 39.951, -84.997
Episode 654 / 6 December 2025 / 71 min / express
Death In The Family
"we're going to williamsburg indiana ... this is in wayne county" about 0:03:53
The case: Murders of Brian and Sherry Hartman (February 2010). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Median household income
- $76,083
- Median home value
- $182,000
History, in brief
- Williamsburg is a small town inside Green Township, which is one of 15 townships in Wayne County. about 0:06:02
- Green Township was organized in 1821 and named after a man called John Green. about 0:06:11
- The earliest settlers arrived from North Carolina in 1810, before Indiana was a state. about 0:06:18
- The town was laid out and platted in 1830 and named after its founder, William Johnson. about 0:06:24
- There has been a post office in the town since about 1830. about 0:06:31
- It is about an hour and 15 minutes from Indianapolis and about an hour 40 from Cincinnati. about 0:04:12
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Winchester, Indiana15 miles
- Eaton, Ohio24 miles
- Fairfield, Ohio49 miles
- Marion, Indiana54 miles
- Waynesville, Ohio56 miles
- Shawnee Township, Ohio57 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.