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History · Wintersburg

Wintersburg’s post office opened in 1931

Below: maps from 1962 on.

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How Wintersburg began

When was Wintersburg founded?

1931

The Wintersburg post office opened in 1931, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5195 years
Founding year: the first Wintersburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wintersburg’s past

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

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The story so far

Wintersburg, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wintersburg yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wintersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located 48 miles (77 km) west of downtown Phoenix and 17 miles (27 km) west of Buckeye along Salome Highway. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Exit 98 on Interstate 10. As of the 2020 census, Wintersburg had a population of 51, down from 136 in 2010. Wintersburg is home to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the largest nuclear power plant in the United States.

Its first post office opened in 1931. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 136 to 51 (-63%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Wintersburg, 1931 to 1962

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1931Post officeThe Wintersburg post office opens
  3. 1941Post officeThe Wintersburg post office closes
  4. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Wintersburg, decade by decade

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On the map

Wintersburg on the map, 1962 to 1984

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

Wintersburg on the 1962 USGS mapWintersburg on the 1984 USGS map1962Arlington sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Wintersburg

Nobody well known was born in Wintersburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Everson GriffenAmerican football player · b. 1987
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Bill LueckAmerican football player · b. 1946
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Byron BirdsallAmerican painter · b. 1937
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Nick HarrisAmerican football player · b. 1978
Sue HardestyAmerican writer · b. 1933
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"Outlaw" Eddie SullivanAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Wintersburg had its own post office from 1931 to 1941.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Wintersburg’s history

What year was Wintersburg founded?

The Wintersburg post office opened in 1931, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.