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Welcome to Winfield Junction ...

Winfield Junction is located in Butler County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Winfield Junction: Winfield Jct. (or less commonly used: Winfield Jctn.)

Winfield Junction is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Winfield Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winfield Junction - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Winfield Junction ...

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

  • Plum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Plum is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <3>
  • Murrysville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Butler
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • New Kensington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lower Burrell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oakmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Chapel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandergrift
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Arnold
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Arnold is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <3>
  • Tarentum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winfield Junction ...

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

Adding Winfield Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winfield Junction 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 Winfield Junction was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winfield Junction.

Footnotes ...

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