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| colspan="2" | [[File:Whitley County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Columbia City Highlighted 1814716.svg|center|frameless|Location in Montgomery County.]]Location of Winesburg in Whitley County.<br />Coordinates: | | colspan="2" | [[File:Whitley County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Columbia City Highlighted 1814716.svg|center|frameless|Location in Montgomery County.]]Location of Winesburg in Whitley County.<br />Coordinates: | ||
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Revision as of 05:39, 9 July 2021
| Winesburg, Indiana | |
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| City | |
| City of Winesburg | |
| Nicknames: City of Whine, Pink Eraser Capital of the World | |
 Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Whitley |
| Township | Union |
| 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
Economy
Culture
- The Ingmar Bergman Drive-In Theatre
- The Lions Club
- The Winesburg Public Library—including the Turtle Branch
- The Quonset Hut Museum
Sports
Parks and recreation
Government
Education
- Abraham Lincoln Middle School (the Flat-Headed Cats; founded 1866)
- James A. Garfield Middle School (the Servals; founded 1882)
- William McKinley Middle School (the Jaguarundis; founded 1902
- John F. Kennedy Middle School (the Geoffroy's Cats; founded 1963)
- David Émile Durkheim High School (the Kodkods; 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.
References
