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Welcome to Winthrop ...

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

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

Winthrop would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winthrop, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900. The community was inundated by Lake Shasta in 1944.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Winthrop is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Winthrop was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Winthrop was located: 530

Communities Also Named Winthrop ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Winthrop - they are located in Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, South Dakota and Washington.

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

Communities near Winthrop ...

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

  • Redding
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Baird ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Baird is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Baird
    • From Winthrop to Baird
  • Furnaceville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ingot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • O'Brien
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bayha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayha
    • Bayha is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bayha
    • From Winthrop to Bayha
  • McColl ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McColl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColl
    • McColl is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to McColl
    • From Winthrop to McColl
  • Mountain Gate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Morley
    • From Winthrop to Morley

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

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

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

Adding Winthrop to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Winthrop post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winthrop.

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Winthrop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winthrop - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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