Welcome to Winfield ...
So far, we found very little information about Winfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Winfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Winfield, please Contact Us.
Winfield would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Winfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Winfield is 10,240 feet [3,121 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Winfield is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Winfield was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Winfield still existed, it would have been in the (719) area code.
Communities Also Named Winfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Winfield - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winfield.
Communities near Winfield ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winfield.
- Buena Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <5>
- Pieplant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Lakes <5>
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Pitkin County
- Granite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Granite is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite <5>
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hawkinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Independence ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Pitkin County
- Independence has also been known as:
- Chipeta
- Farwell
- Hunter's Pass
- Mammoth City
- Mount Hope
- Sparkill
- Pine Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Abbeyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
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 Winfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winfield.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winfield. 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 Winfield.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winfield. See our Newspapers Page for Winfield.
Adding Winfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Winfield 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 Winfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Winfield post office opened in 1881.
We also found Winfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Winfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 Winfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Chaffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |