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Welcome to Winscott ...

Winscott is located

Winscott is located in Tarrant County<1>.

Winscott is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Winscott ...

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

  • Fort Worth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Burleson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Cleburne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Benbrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • White Settlement
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crowley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Forest Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Granbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Joshua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • River Oaks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winscott ...

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

Adding Winscott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winscott in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Winscott was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winscott.

Footnotes ...

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