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Welcome to Winlock ...

The city of Winlock is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winlock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Winlock has a population of 1,427 people<2> (see below for details).

Winlock is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Winlock lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Winlock: 360 & 564<4>

The ZIP code for Winlock: 98596<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Winlock had an population of 1,427 people. This is an increase of 6.57% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 22.38% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Winlock had a population of 1,339 people. This makes Winlock the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Winlock represents 0.02% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 184th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,339 people, the population of Winlock increased 14.84% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,166 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Winlock.

Communities Also Named Winlock ...

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

Communities near Winlock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winlock ...

Looking for more information about Winlock? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Winlock, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Winlock.

Adding Winlock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winlock 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 Winlock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Winlock post office opened in 1874.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winlock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Winlock.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winlock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Winlock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Winlock area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Winlock). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Winlock or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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