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History · Winsted Township

23% of Winsted Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Winsted Township’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 Winsted Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winsted Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Winsted Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Winsted Township.

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A post office called Winsted has been in operation since 1858. The city was named after Winsted, Connecticut. The name is a portmanteau of the names of two towns, Winchester and Barkhamsted, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. The Electric Short Line (commonly called the Luce Line) provided freight and interurban passenger rail service to Winsted. Passenger service ended by the 1950s, and the Chicago & North Western Railway abandoned the tracks in 1972.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Winsted Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Winsted Township on the map, 1958 to 1982

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

Winsted Township on the 1958 USGS mapWinsted Township on the 1982 USGS map1958Glencoe 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 Winsted Township.

People over time

Winsted Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,50018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,355

Between 140 and 2,355 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Winsted Township

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

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Marion RossAmerican actress · b. 1928
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August DvorakAmerican scientist · b. 1894
Matt JanningAmerican basketball player · b. 1988
Gwen WalzAmerican educator · b. 1966
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Sydney E. AhlstromAmerican historian · b. 1919
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James JohnsonAmerican sport wrestler · b. 1954
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Sherman
Gone or out of use
Serenity Airportairport
1cemetery inside Winsted Township
Old Holy Trinity

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHollywood TownshipIts storyB−Victor TownshipIts storyB−Bergen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Winsted Township’s history

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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 (5), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.