Welcome to Winfrey ...
Winfrey is located in Culpeper County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Winfrey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
Winfrey is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Winfrey lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Winfrey: 540 & 826<3>
Communities Also Named Winfrey ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winfrey - it's located in Arkansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winfrey.
Websites for Winfrey ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.culpepervachamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Winfrey, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Winfrey ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winfrey.
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Remington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Norman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- True Blue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Elkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waylands Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Griffinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Lignum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
- Lignum is located in Culpeper 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 Winfrey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winfrey.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winfrey. 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 Winfrey.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winfrey. See our Newspapers Page for Winfrey.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winfrey ...
Looking for more information about Winfrey? 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 Winfrey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winfrey.
Adding Winfrey to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Winfrey 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 for Winfrey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Winfrey post office opened in 1892.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Winfrey.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Culpeper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winfrey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Winfrey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Winfrey area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |