Town of Williston

Population: 2,950 • Area: 9 square miles

Who’s in charge

Mayor: Brett Williams Administrator: Michael Beasley Town Hall: 310 W. Main St. (803) 266-7015 www.williston-sc.com

Williston Town Council meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30pm.

When the stadium lights click on to illuminate the home field of the Blue Devils, you can be sure to find a supportive community in the stands.

The Town of Williston rallies around the Williston-Elko High School Blue Devils, and the teams support the community right back. You can often find Blue Devils players lending a hand in collaborative food drives, smoke detector installation blitzes, and many other community endeavors.

The Ivy Garden Club is an active part of many of these events and masterminds the scarecrow contest displayed along Main Street and the Winter Wonderland Contest each year.

Williston is also the center for disc golf in the county with a tournament sanctioned 18-hole course at the town park established in 2021. Disc golfers from across the region come to Williston to compete in what are becoming annual events.

The Town of Williston has been working to grow their recreation program and offer more athletic opportunities for the youth. The Williston Recreation & Activities Committee was established in early 2022 to do just that, and have played a major role in amping up athletics.

Aside from an active town park, country club, dog park, and library, many unique eateries call the Town of Williston home such as Meeting on Main, Mamma Diane’s, The Sandwich Shop, and Almost There Cafe, which opened its doors in 2022.

In May 2022, 65 new jobs were brought to the town when Monmouth Rubber & Plastic Corp. invested $5.6 million into establishing operations at the former Dayco facility in Williston.

A trip down the former Charleston and Hamburg railroad line reborn into a walking trail pays homage to the town’s extensive locomotive history.

The Williston Police Department and Williston Fire Department’s (WFD) Back to School event in August 2022 brought the community together. Chloe Evans, Laylah Evans, Piper Griffin, and Bailey Hunt-Dyches check out the WFD’s fire truck.

SERVICES:

Career Specialist Cathy Smith stands proudly with WEHS ‘22 graduate, Jamarion Lee Byars.

TOWN OF WILLISTON