A history of Winton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Winton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area eventually comprising the town of Winton was proximate to a community of Meherrin people. The area was first named Cotton's Ferry in homage to Alexander Cotton, a settler who operated a ferry in the 1740s. Hertford County was formed effective 1760. The county's first session of court was held at Cotton's Ferry. Benjamin Wynns, who had since acquired Cotton's property, donated 150 acres to the county for the creation of a town in the mid-1760s. In 1766 the town of Winton—originally styled Wynnton after the erstwhile landowner—was established as Hertford's seat of government and a courthouse was subsequently constructed. The original spelling of the name was used into the 1800s. The town's economy in its early years relied primarily upon agriculture. In 1830 the original courthouse was burned.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Winton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view"Building used as Guardhouse for …, 1863: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Winton
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Winton, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Winton
Winton has 3 listings on the National Register, and they protect 141 historic buildings, because Winton Historic District alone counts 139.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as "Building used as Guardhouse for Rebel Prisoners, Winton, N. Carolina", 07/28/1863 (1863) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.