Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Palace Lodge. Below: old-book passages.
The Winslow post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winslow’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Winslow.
Winslow was laid out in 1837. The town was named after William Winslow Hathaway, son of an early settler. A post office has been in operation at Winslow since 1839.
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County, and passes through the community.
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Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereDick Farley is born herePassages that mention Winslow, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first preaching done in what is now Winslow township was in 1836 in the log schoolhouse just completed in Prescottville. For many years schoolhouses and private dwellings were used for preaching and prayer meetings. The first bush meeting was held in Winslow township during the summer of 18 53 in a grove on the hill 300 yards directly north of Sandy Valley, and similar meetings were carried on in the township from that time until soon after the Civil War. The building of churches resulted in this custom be-
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Doctor William McKnight, author of A Pioneer History of Jefferson County, informed me that the first white settler in what is now the township of Winslow was Henry Feye, Senior, who built a log cabin on the old State road where he kept a tavern and sold liquor. That was in 1812. The tavern was located in what is known as the Fye settlement,/ just west of the DuBois road and east of Rathmel. Travelers on the road carried their own provision and only secured lodging at the wayside inns. The old cabin stood for many
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The Winslow post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Palace Lodge (listed 1984).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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