Winesburg, Ohio (town)
Winesburg is an unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio.[1] The town sits on the crest of a hill in the Amish country of Ohio, with a quaint downtown containing antique shops. It lies along U.S. Route 62.
The town was founded in 1829 and originally named Weinsberg, after Weinsberg in Germany.[2] The spelling was changed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there.[3]
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. (Clyde, Ohio, is the town that Sherwood Anderson grew up in, and is the basis for Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio.)
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winesburg, Ohio (town)
- ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 145.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
Coordinates: 40°36′59″N 81°41′43″W / 40.61639°N 81.69528°W
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