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Welcome to Winnie ...

Winnie is located in Nottoway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winnie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Winnie is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Winnie lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Winnie: 434

Communities Also Named Winnie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Winnie - they are located in North Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Winnie ...

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

  • Blackstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Crewe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Victoria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kenbridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Keysville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Burkeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Alberta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Alberta is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Nutbush
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Forkland ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Forkland is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
  • Green Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winnie ...

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

Adding Winnie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winnie 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 Winnie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Winnie post office opened in 1888. The Winnie post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winnie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Nottoway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winnie - 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.
<4>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/