Welcome to Winchester ...

Winchester is located

Winchester is located in Fayette County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winchester, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

Winchester is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Winchester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Winchester: This one is located in Fayette County and the other is located in Harris County.

Beyond Texas, there are 51 communities that are also named Winchester - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Tennessee (2), Virginia (2), Washington, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Winchester ...

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

• Bastrop
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop
  • Bastrop is located in Bastrop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,743 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bastrop <4>
• Giddings
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giddings
  • Giddings is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,148 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Giddings <4>
• La Grange
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
  • La Grange is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Grange <4>
• Smithville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Smithville is located in Bastrop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,664 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <4>
• Round Top
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
  • Round Top is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Top <4>
• West Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
  • West Point is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <4>
• Kirtley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
  • Kirtley is located in Fayette County
• Plum
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
  • Plum is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <4>
• Warda
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warda
  • Warda is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warda <4>
• Serbin ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbin
  • Serbin is located in Lee County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winchester ...

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

Adding Winchester to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winchester 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 Winchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Winchester post office opened in 1866.

We also found Winchester in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winchester.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/