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History · Winton

Winton’s post office opened in 1895, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

1895first post office
0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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How Winton began

When was Winton founded?

1895

The Winton post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 169131 years
Founding year: the first Winton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Winton’s post office has been open since 1895.

Gone or out of use
Winton Post Officepost office

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

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Questions about Winton’s history

What year was Winton founded?

The Winton post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.