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Welcome to Winona Springs ...

So far, we found very little information about Winona Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Winona Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Winona Springs, please Contact Us.

Winona Springs was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Winona Springs would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winona Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

A typical abbreviation for Winona Springs: Winona Spgs. (or less commonly used: Winona Spngs. or Winona Sprngs.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Winona Springs is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Winona Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Winona Springs ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Winona Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winona Springs 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 (so far) for Winona Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Winona Springs post office opened in 1881. The Winona Springs post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winona Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Winona Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winona Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/