Welcome to Winkler ...Winkler is located Winkler is primarily located in Freestone County<1>. A portion of Winkler extends into Navarro County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Winkler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Winkler is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Winkler lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Winkler - they are located in Kansas, Manitoba and Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winkler. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winkler. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Winkler. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winkler. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winkler. 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 Winkler. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winkler. See our Newspapers Page for Winkler. Looking for more information about Winkler? 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 Winkler, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winkler. We originally found mention of Winkler 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 Winkler was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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