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Welcome to Winterset ...

Winterset is located in Guernsey County<1>.

The pronunciation of Winterset: WINH-tur-set<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winterset, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Winterset is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Winterset: 740 & 220<4>

Going back to its beginning, Winterset was originally named Winchester. For more information about the names of Winterset, see The Names of Winterset on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Winterset ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Winterset - they are located in Iowa, Kansas and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Winterset ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winterset ...

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

Adding Winterset to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winterset 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 Winterset was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Winterset post office opened in 1892. The Winterset post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winterset.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Guernsey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Winterset. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winterset - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Winterset area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Winterset area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/