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Welcome to Winchester ...Winchester is located in Macon 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 1851. Winchester is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Winchester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Winchester, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Winchester lies within the (478) area code. Communities Also Named Winchester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 51 communities that are also named Winchester - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, 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, Wisconsin (2) 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.
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.<5> We also found Winchester on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1864. 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 State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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