Welcome to Winfrey ...

Winfrey is located in Culpeper County<1>.

The location of Winfrey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winfrey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Winfrey is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Winfrey lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Winfrey: (540)

Websites for Winfrey ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Winfrey, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Winfrey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winfrey - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winfrey.

Communities near Winfrey ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winfrey.

• Orange
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <4>
• Remington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
• Madison
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
• Norman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Norman is located in Culpeper County
• True Blue
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
  • True Blue is located in Orange County
• Elkwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
  • Elkwood is located in Culpeper County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkwood <4>
• Griffinsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
  • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
• Lignum
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
  • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
• Burr Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
  • Burr Hill is located in Orange County
• Eggbornsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eggbornsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
  • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County

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 Winfrey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winfrey.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winfrey. 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 Winfrey.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winfrey. See our Newspapers Page for Winfrey.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winfrey ...

Looking for more information about Winfrey? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Winfrey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winfrey.

Adding Winfrey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winfrey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Winfrey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Winfrey post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winfrey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winfrey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/