Loading AI tools
Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Winston is an unincorporated community, formerly incorporated as a city, in southwestern Douglas County, Georgia, United States.
Winston, Georgia | |
|---|---|
Location in Douglas County and the state of Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 33°43′48″N 84°51′36″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Georgia (U.S. state) |
| County | Douglas |
| Elevation | 364.8 m (1,197 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 30187 |
| Area code | 770 |
Winston is assigned the United States Postal Service ZIP code 30187. ZIP Code 30187 has segments in two counties, Carroll and Douglas.[1]
Winston is located at 33.73°N 84.86°W[2] which is 33°43′48″N 84°51′36″W.[3]
The community was named after "Uncle Jackie" Winn, a pioneer citizen.[4]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Winston as a town in 1906.[5] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]
Winston is home to schools operated by the Douglas County School System.
These career/technical schools/colleges/universities are local to Winston:
Libraries are located in the neighboring communities of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Lithia Springs, Hiram, and Dallas.
The John Thomas Carnes Family Log House (c. 1828), NRIS Number: 01000762, is located at: Clinton Nature Preservem, 8270 Ephesus Church Rd., Winston, GA[14]
Although the Winston-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Georgia's state average (It is 97% below the overall U.S. average.), [15] its historical tornado activity is above the state average (It is 135% greater than the overall U.S. average.).
Austin Hill, NASCAR driver.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
