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History · Winkelman

Winkelman’s post office opened in 1905, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Winkelman Bridge. Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1910.

1905first post office
1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Winkelman began

When was Winkelman founded?

1905

The Winkelman post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 484 in 19102020 census: 296121 years
Founding year: the first Winkelman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Winkelman’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Winkelman are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,123 in 1960; 296 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Winkelman’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winkelman’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Winkelman, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,123

Peaked at 1,123 in 1960; 296 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winkelman’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Winkelman came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Winkelman.

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The community was named after Peter Winkelman, a local cattleman.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Winkelman, 1905 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Winkelman post office opens
  3. 1916BuiltWinkelman Bridge is built
  4. 1922Born hereAlfredo Chavez Marquez is born here
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 1,123
By decade

Winkelman, decade by decade

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On the map

Winkelman on the map, 1949 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winkelman. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Winkelman on the 1949 USGS mapWinkelman on the 1950 USGS mapWinkelman on the 1972 USGS map1949Winkelman sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Winkelman.

Every building

Winkelman, building by building, 1915–1919

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Winkelman fire insurance map, 1915, sheet 11915Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Winkelman

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Winkelman Bridge
Winkelman Bridge, built 1916
Structures
Winkelman BridgeBuilt 1916

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HaydenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Winkelman’s history

What year was Winkelman founded?

The Winkelman post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Winkelman?

One place: the Winkelman Bridge (listed 1988).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.