Welcome to Winchester ...

Winchester is located in Winnebago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winchester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Winchester is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Winchester lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Winchester: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Winchester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Winchester: This one is located in Winnebago County and the other is located in Vilas County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 51 communities that are also named Winchester - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Winchester ...

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

• Appleton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Appleton is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
  • Former name for Appleton:
  • Appleton Junction
• Oshkosh
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Neenah
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
• Fox Crossing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
• Menasha
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
• Harrison
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Harrison is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
• Little Chute
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• New London
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • New London is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
• Kimberly
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
• Combined Locks
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people

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

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

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

Adding Winchester to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Winchester post office opened in 1852. The Winchester post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winchester.