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Welcome to Winston ...

Winston is located in Culpeper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winston, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Winston is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Winston: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Winston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Winston - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Winston ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Winston, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Winston ...

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

  • Culpeper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Remington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Waylands Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 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
  • True Blue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
    • True Blue is located in Orange County
  • Norman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
  • Salem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Culpeper County
  • Burr Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
    • Burr Hill is located in Orange County
  • Griffinsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Griffinsburg 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 Winston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winston.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winston ...

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

Adding Winston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winston 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 for Winston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Winston post office opened in 1887.

We also found Winston in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winston.

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 Winston - 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 Winston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Winston 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/