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Welcome to Winkel ...So far, we found very little information about Winkel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Winkel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Winkel, please Contact Us. Winkel would have been located within present day Tazewell County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Winkel, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Winkel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Winkel is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Winkel was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Winkel still existed, it would have been in the (309) area code. Communities near Winkel ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winkel.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Winkel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winkel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winkel. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winkel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winkel. See our Newspapers Page for Winkel. Adding Winkel to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Winkel in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Winkel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Winkel. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Tazewell County: www.tazewell.com/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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