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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.

  • Perry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Houston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <4>
  • Fort Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Byron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington Square
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
    • Washington Square is located in Peach County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
  • Unadilla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unadilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
    • Unadilla is located in Dooly County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unadilla <4>
  • Lee Pope
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Pope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
    • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
  • Montezuma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Butler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Oglethorpe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Reynolds
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Reynolds is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynolds <4>

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>

From that list, the Winchester post office opened in 1851.

We also found Winchester on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winchester.

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 ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winchester - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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