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Welcome to Winnegance ...

Winnegance is located in Sagadahoc County<1>.

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

Winnegance is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Winnegance: 207

Communities near Winnegance ...

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

  • Brunswick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lisbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisbon is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,053 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <3>
  • Topsham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Yarmouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Harpswell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Durham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Durham is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <3>
  • Wiscasset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bowdoin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winnegance ...

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

Adding Winnegance to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winnegance.

Footnotes ...

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