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Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Winesburg, Ohio
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°37′03″N 81°41′41″W / 40.61750°N 81.69472°W / 40.61750; -81.69472
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyHolmes
TownshipPaint
Area
 • Total0.63 sq mi (1.63 km)
 • Land0.63 sq mi (1.62 km)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km)
Elevation1,286 ft (392 m)
Population
 • Total340
 • Density542.26/sq mi (209.28/km)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code44690
Area code330
FIPS code39-86072
GNIS feature ID2628988

Winesburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, in the United States. The population was 340 at the 2020 census. The community sits on the crest of a hill in the Amish country of Ohio. It lies along U.S. Route 62.

It is not the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, a collection of inter-related fictional short stories about citizens of a small town set in the early 20th century.

History

The community was founded in 1829 and originally named Weinsberg, after Weinsberg in Germany. The spelling was changed to "Winesburg" by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there.

Geography

Winesburg is in the southeastern part of Paint Township, in northeastern Holmes County. The community sits on a ridge, with the north side draining toward the Middle Fork of Sugar Creek and the south side draining to Indian Trail Creek, a tributary of the South Fork of Sugar Creek. Via Sugar Creek, Winesburg is part of the Tuscarawas River watershed draining to the Ohio River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Winesburg CDP has a total area of 0.63 square miles (1.63 km), of which 1.6 acres (6,533 m), or 0.40%, are water.

U.S. Route 62, which runs through Winesburg as Main Street, leads northeast 24 miles (39 km) to downtown Canton and southwest 13 miles (21 km) to Millersburg, the Holmes county seat.

Demographics

Historical population
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2020340
U.S. Decennial Census

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winesburg, Holmes County, Ohio
  3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Winesburg CDP, Ohio". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 145.
  5. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
Municipalities and communities of Holmes County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Millersburg
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