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Welcome to Winberry ...

Winberry is located in Lane County<1>.


The location of Winberry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Winberry, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Winberry is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Winberry lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Winberry: (541) & (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Winberry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winberry - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Communities near Winberry ...

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

  • Eugene
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Springfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Creswell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
    • Creswell is located in Lane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <5>
  • Oakridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Oakridge is located in Lane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakridge <5>
  • Lowell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfir
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fall Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
    • Fall Creek is located in Lane County
  • Dexter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Trent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
    • Trent is located in Lane County
  • Walterville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winberry ...

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

Adding Winberry to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Winberry post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winberry.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winberry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winberry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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