Winesburg

Meaning

Proper Noun

• (unincorporated) community in southwestern Paint Township (township) Holmes County (county) Ohio (state) USA (country).
• The town, named after the Holmes County town of the same name, but otherwise based on Clyde, Ohio, that serves as the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio.

Origin

• Originally named Weinsberg in 1829, after the town in Germany. It was renamed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there.
• The fictional town came from the name of the actual Ohio town.