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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
*Abraham Lincoln Middle School ([[w:Flat-headed_cat|the Flat-Headed Cats]]; founded 1866) | *Abraham Lincoln Middle School ([[w:Flat-headed_cat|the Flat-Headed Cats]]; founded 1866) | ||
*James A. Garfield Middle School ([[ | *James A. Garfield Middle School ([[w:Large-spotted civet|the Civets]]; founded 1882) | ||
*William McKinley Middle School ([[ | *William McKinley Middle School ([[w:Nasuella meridensis|the Dwarf Coatis]]; founded 1902 | ||
*John F. Kennedy Middle School ([[ | *John F. Kennedy Middle School ([[w:Northern shrew tenrec|the Shrew Tenrecs]]; founded 1963) | ||
*David Émile Durkheim High School ([[ | *David Émile Durkheim High School ([[w:Giant bandicoot|the Bandicoots]]; founded 1918) | ||
*Winesburg Normal School and Polytechnic ([[ | *Winesburg Normal School and Polytechnic ([[w:Ocelot|the Fightin' Ocelots]]; founded 1906)--domino champions (1907) in the I-AAA league. | ||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 11 July 2021
| Winesburg, Indiana | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| City of Winesburg | |
| Nicknames: The City of Ditches, The Cloud Sump City, The Necropolis City | |
 Coordinates: 41°15′37″N 85°35′30″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Whitley |
| Township | Etna-Troy |
| Elevation | 840 ft (256 m) |
| Time Zone Summer (DST) |
UTC-5 (Eastern [EST]) UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 46725 |
| Area code(s) | 260 |
Welcome, gentle reader, to the modest home of Winesburg, Indiana, on the World Wide Web.
History
Geography
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 887 | — | |
| 1870 | 1,663 | 87.5% | |
| 1880 | 2,244 | 34.9% | |
| 1890 | 3,027 | 34.9% | |
| 1900 | 2,975 | −1.7% | |
| 1910 | 3,448 | 15.9% | |
| 1920 | 3,499 | 1.5% | |
| 1930 | 3,805 | 8.7% | |
| 1940 | 4,219 | 10.9% | |
| 1950 | 4,745 | 12.5% | |
| 1960 | 4,803 | 1.2% | |
| 1970 | 4,911 | 2.2% | |
| 1980 | 5,091 | 3.7% | |
| 1990 | 5,706 | 12.1% | |
| 2000 | 7,077 | 24.0% | |
| 2010 | 8,750 | 23.6% | |
| 2019 (est.) | 9,234 | 5.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Economy
Culture
- The Ingmar Bergman Drive-In Theatre
- The Lions Club
- The Winesburg Public Library—including the Little Turtle Branch
- The Quonset Hut Museum
Sports
Parks and recreation
Acquired in 1955, Throw Park (named after the American Writer and Naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, who said "The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.")[1] is 246.8 acres in the NW quadrant of the city. The mostly wooded and undeveloped park does feature the Jeremy Butler Memorial Professional Pickle Ball courts; two box hockey boxes; a corn hole pitch; a lighted lacrosse, flag football, soccer field; a dozen tether ball poles under repair; a competitive clothesline court; and a field for flying radio controlled scale model aircraft and Asian fighting kites. Amenities include a restroom contained in the replica of Thoreau's Walden Cabin and a drinking fountain. There is also the Cloud Sump Platform for viewing clouds adjacent to the Winesburg & Winesburg RR right-of-way.
Government
Education
- Abraham Lincoln Middle School (the Flat-Headed Cats; founded 1866)
- James A. Garfield Middle School (the Civets; founded 1882)
- William McKinley Middle School (the Dwarf Coatis; founded 1902
- John F. Kennedy Middle School (the Shrew Tenrecs; founded 1963)
- David Émile Durkheim High School (the Bandicoots; founded 1918)
- Winesburg Normal School and Polytechnic (the Fightin' Ocelots; founded 1906)--domino champions (1907) in the I-AAA league.
Media
Infrastructure
Notable citizens
Please see the main list of notable citizens over here.
Sister city
In popular culture
Winesburg, Indiana, was not the inspiration for Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life (1919). No, absolutely not.
