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Winesburg, Ohio (town)
Winesburg is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Holmes County, Ohio, in the United States. The population was 340 at the 2020 United States Census, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |