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Welcome to Winnetka ...The village of Winnetka is located in Cook County<1>. The location of Winnetka has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Winnetka: win-NET-kah<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Winnetka, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Winnetka has a population of 12,305 people<4> (see below for details). Winnetka is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Winnetka lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Winnetka: (847) and (224)<6> The ZIP code for Winnetka: 60093<7> Websites for Winnetka ...Official Website: www.villageofwinnetka.org/ Junior League: jlens.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Winnetka had an population of 12,305 people. This is an increase of 0.97% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.92% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Winnetka had a population of 12,187 people. This makes Winnetka the county's 69th most populous community. The population of Winnetka represents 0.09% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 199th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 12,187 people, the population of Winnetka decreased 1.87% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,419 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Winnetka. Communities Also Named Winnetka ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winnetka - it's located in California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winnetka. Communities near Winnetka ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winnetka.
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 Winnetka. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winnetka. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winnetka. 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 Winnetka. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winnetka. See our Newspapers Page for Winnetka. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winnetka ...Looking for more information about Winnetka? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Winnetka, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Winnetka. Adding Winnetka to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Winnetka 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 Winnetka was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Winnetka on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870. For more details, see References and Mentions for Winnetka. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Winnetka: www.villageofwinnetka.org/ The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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