Winona, Ohio

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Winona
Unincorporated community
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Winona
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Winona
Coordinates: 40°49′41″N80°53′46″W / 40.82806°N 80.89611°W / 40.82806; -80.89611
Country United States
State Ohio
County Columbiana
Elevation
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1,194 ft (364 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44493
Area code(s) 330, 234
GNIS Feature ID1049336 [1]

Winona is an unincorporated community in southeastern Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44493. [2]

History

A post office called Winona has been in operation since 1868. [3] [4] The community was named after the character Wenonah in the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [5] In 1879, Winona had a store, sawmill, gristmill, blacksmith shop, meeting house, carriage shop, shoe shop, fruit nursery, and 45 dwellings. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winona, Ohio
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ "Columbiana County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. pp.  268.
  5. 1 2 Mack, Horace (1879). History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Unigraphic. p. 99.


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