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Welcome to Windham ...

Windham is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Windham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

Windham is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Windham lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Windham: 319

Communities Also Named Windham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Windham - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania and Vermont.

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

Communities near Windham ...

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

  • Iowa City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Coralville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coralville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coralville
    • Coralville is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,484 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coralville <3>
  • North Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
    • North Liberty is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Liberty <3>
  • Tiffin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tiffin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
    • Tiffin is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiffin <3>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tiffin
    • From Windham to Tiffin
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Iowa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <3>
  • Solon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Solon is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,771 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <3>
  • Kalona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
    • Kalona is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <3>
  • Walford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Wellman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
    • Wellman is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <3>
  • Lone Tree
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
    • Lone Tree is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Tree <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windham ...

Looking for more information about Windham? 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 Windham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Windham.

Adding Windham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Windham post office opened in 1854.

We also found Windham in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Windham.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Windham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Johnson County: www.johnson-county.com/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Windham - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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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