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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)
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • True Blue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • True Blue is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
  • Elkwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Waylands Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
  • Griffinsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
  • Lignum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum

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 (so far) for Winfrey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Winfrey post office opened in 1892. The Winfrey post office closed in 1908.

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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/