Do you know of Winterset ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Winterset. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Winterset.

Our sources for Winterset (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Winterset other than they indicate that Winterset would be found somewhere in Russell County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1890.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Winterset ...

We found three communities that share the name Winterset.

Within Kansas, the name Winterset is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Winterset [Madison County].
  • Ohio
    • Guernsey County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Winterset [Guernsey County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Cambria County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Winterset [Cambria County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Winterset ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Winterset:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Winterset - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Russell County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Russell County.