Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.

[6][7] Williams had served under General Braddock (1755) as a ranger and spy and under Governor Dunmore (1774) fighting against the Shawnee.

Located in Williamstown is the Tomlinson Mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Wood County Christian School is also located within the city limits of Williamstown, with students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade.

The celebration was created around the races of the sternwheelers (also known as the paddle steamer) that the Mid-Ohio Valley is known for, and today there are pageants, live music, food and a grand fireworks display.

The event brings many local community members back to the area around the Labor Day weekend in the month of September.

When the first Fireman's Ice Cream Social was held in 1944, the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Company was already in its 42nd year of service to the community.

Current attendance approaches 3,500 as people of all ages gather in Tomlinson Park, the third Friday evening in July each year, to enjoy hot dogs, popcorn, soft drinks, coffee, pies and cakes that are donated by community members, and more than one hundred gallons of ice cream provided by the volunteer firefighters.

The annual event brings the community together and now raises about $8,000 a year for firefighter training and equipment upgrades.

After officials of Fenton Art Glass announced the fifth generation family company would shut down the 100-year-old factory at the end of 2007, thousands of loyal Fenton customers reacted with an outpouring of orders, selling out the QVC show that was to be its last in just minutes instead of the scheduled 2-hour show.

This included the sale of the name and logo, the formulas for the glass, molds and other materials that were used by the company.

However, today the company now makes handcrafted glass jewelry; including beads and Teardrop earrings.

On June 2, 2017, the Wood County Board of Education purchased the factory and surrounding properties to build a new elementary school.