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Winona, Ohio

Winona
Winona is located in Ohio
Winona
Winona
Location within Ohio
Winona is located in the United States
Winona
Winona
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 40°49′41″N 80°53′46″W / 40.82806°N 80.89611°W / 40.82806; -80.89611
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyColumbiana
Elevation1,194 ft (364 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44493
Area codes330, 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

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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]

Notable people

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References

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  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.