The story
Read it all →How Winfield Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Winfield Township.
Winfield Township was established in May 1871 by C. H. McHugh.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Winfield Township
Half of Winfield Township’s homes were built after 1959
Most of Winfield Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1959. Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1896 on.
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
What stands out about Winfield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · On the map
Winfield Township on the map, 1896 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1896Osborne sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Winfield Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Twin Creek
Potterville
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cheyenne Gap
Gone or out of use
PottervillelocaleTwin Creeklocale
1cemetery inside Winfield Township
Potterville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Winfield Township, 1872 to 1915
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1872
In the archiveView down street in business section - 1872Post officeThe Twin Creek post office opens
- 1874Post officeThe Potterville post office opens
- 1896
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 20th century
- 1903Post officeThe Potterville post office closes
- 1910
In the archive9th Ave - 1915Post officeThe Twin Creek post office closes
By decade
Winfield Township, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1870s1 item
1910
1919
1919
19191920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your albumThen & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewView down street in business section, 1872
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Winfield Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Winfield Township
Nobody well known was born in Winfield Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Edward L. KesselAmerican biologist · b. 1904
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Fred CornwellAmerican football player · b. 1961
Help out
Finish Winfield Township’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHancock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCovert TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBloom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelhi Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Winfield Township’s history
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 the Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia, 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.