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Welcome to Winner ...

Winner is located in Roseau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Winner is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Winner: 218

Communities Also Named Winner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Winner - they are located in Missouri, South Dakota and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Winner ...

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

  • Wannaska
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gatzke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Gatzke is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatzke
  • Salol
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Salol is located in Roseau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salol
  • Swift
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Swift is located in Roseau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Roosevelt
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Four Town
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Four Town is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
  • Grygla
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Roseau
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Warroad
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Williams
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams is located in Lake of the Woods County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williams <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 Winner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winner.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winner ...

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

Adding Winner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Winner post office opened in 1913. The Winner post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winner.

Footnotes ...

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