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Welcome to Winterrowd ...

Winterrowd is located in Effingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winterrowd, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Winterrowd is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Winterrowd (for example, toward Merom (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities near Winterrowd ...

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

  • Effingham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Flora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Newton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Teutopolis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Louisville is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,087 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <3>
  • Clay City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Watson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Watson is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson <3>
  • Noble
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Dieterich
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Edgewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Edgewood is located in Effingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <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 Winterrowd. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winterrowd.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winterrowd ...

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

Adding Winterrowd to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winterrowd 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 Winterrowd was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winterrowd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Effingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winterrowd - 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.