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Welcome to Winthrop Center ...

Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winthrop Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for Winthrop Center: Winthrop Ctr. (or less commonly used: Winthrop Cen., Winthrop Cent. or Winthrop Cntr.)

Winthrop Center is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Winthrop Center: 207

Communities near Winthrop Center ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winthrop Center ...

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

Adding Winthrop Center to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Winthrop Center post office opened in 1886. The Winthrop Center post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winthrop Center.

Footnotes ...

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