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Welcome to Winthrop ...

Winthrop is located in Warren County<1>.

Winthrop was established in 1884.

Winthrop is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Winthrop lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Winthrop (for example, toward Alvin (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Winthrop: 765

Communities Also Named Winthrop ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Winthrop - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, South Dakota and Washington.

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

Communities near Winthrop ...

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

  • Lafayette
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • West Lafayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Attica
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Covington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fowler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Veedersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Shadeland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
  • Williamsport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Otterbein
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winthrop ...

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

Adding Winthrop to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winthrop 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 (so far) for Winthrop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Winthrop post office opened in 1883. The Winthrop post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winthrop.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winthrop - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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