Welcome to Winchester ...

Winchester is located in Vilas County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winchester, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Winchester is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Winchester lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Winchester: (715) and (534)<4>

Communities Also Named Winchester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Winchester: This one is located in Vilas County and the other is located in Winnebago County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 51 communities that are also named Winchester - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Winchester ...

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

• Bessemer
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
  • Bessemer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer <5>
• Wakefield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
  • Wakefield is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,653 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakefield <5>
• Katinka Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katinka Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
  • Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
• Manitowish Waters
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manitowish Waters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
  • Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
• Manitowish
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
  • Manitowish is located in Iron County
• Marenisco
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marenisco
  • Marenisco is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marenisco <5>
• Ramsay
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
  • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Lac du Flambeau
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
  • Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
• Yale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
  • Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Ironwood
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwood
  • Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironwood <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winchester ...

Looking for more information about Winchester? 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 Winchester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winchester.

Adding Winchester to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winchester 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 Winchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Winchester post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winchester.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Vilas County: www.co.vilas.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/