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Winfield may refer to: Places Canada * Winfield, Alberta * Winfield, British Columbia United States * Winfield, Alabama * Winfield, Arkansas * Winfield, Georgia * Winfield, Illinois * Winfield, Indiana * Winfield, Iowa * Winfield, Kansas * Winfield, Maryland ( southern Carroll County) * Winfield, Missouri * Winfield (town), New York * Winfield, Pennsylvania * Winfield, Tennessee * Winfield, Texas * Winfield, West Virginia * Winfield, Wisconsin * Winfield Township, Michigan * Winfield Township, Renville County, Minnesota * Winfield Township, New Jersey * Winfield Township, Pennsylvania * West Winfield, New York People Given name Military * Winfield Scott Edgerly (1846–1927), United States Army general * Winfield Scott Hancock (1824–1886), United States Army general and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1880 * Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911), United States Navy admiral * Winfield Scott (1786–1866), United States Army general and unsuccessful presidentia ...
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Winfield (town), New York
Winfield is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,086 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Winfield Scott and is in the southwestern corner of the county, south of Utica. History The area was first settled ''circa'' 1789, mostly by people from New England. The town of Winfield was formed from parts of Richfield, Plainfield (both in Otsego County), and Litchfield (Herkimer County) in 1816. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, are water. The southern town line and part of the western town line are the border of Otsego County. The remainder of the western town line is the border of Oneida County. The East Branch of the Unadilla River flows from northeast to southwest through the town. Winfield Creek flows into the Unadilla River at West Winfield village. The Unadilla is part of the Susquehanna River watershed. The northeastern corner of the town dr ...
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Winfield, Illinois
Winfield is an incorporated village located in Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton and Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Winfield Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The DuPage River headwaters are located directly to the north, and the river runs through the village. The population was 9,835 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and was estimated to be 10,046 in 2022. Winfield is the location of Central DuPage Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the Chicago suburbs. Winfield station on the Union Pacific West Line provides commuter rail service to Chicago. Winfield is considered among the safest towns in Illinois. History Winfield originally tried to become an incorporated village in 1884 under the town name 'Frederick Park'. However, the motion was denied as the town did not have 300 residents as was required for incorporation. When the village was finally incorporated in 1921, the town had a populati ...
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Winfield, Iowa
Winfield is a city in Henry County, Iowa, Henry County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,033 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Winfield was laid out in 1852. It experienced a growth with the arrival of the Burlington and Northwestern Railway in late 1876, connecting the town with Burlington, Iowa, Burlington. The line was extended along the east side of town and reached Washington, Iowa, Washington at the start of 1880, and in 1881, the Burlington and Western Railway was incorporated to build a line from Winfield to Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oskaloosa. The new line branched from the Burlington and Northwestern just north of town reached Coppock, Iowa, Coppock the spring of 1882 and Oskaloosa in late 1883. These were 3 ft gauge railways. In 1882, the Chicago, Burlington and Pacific constructed a rail line west from a railroad ferry crossing of the Mississippi River at Oakville, Iowa to Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oskaloosa. This line passed Winfield along ...
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Winfield, Kansas
Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is home to Southwestern College. History 19th century Winfield was founded in 1870. It was named for Rev. Winfield Scott, who promised to build the town a church in exchange for the naming rights. The first post office at Winfield was established in May, 1870. In 1873, Winfield incorporated as a city. Railroads Railroads reached Winfield in the late 1870s, and finished at Arkansas City in 1881.''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972. Eventually, a total of five railroads passed through Winfield. State mental hospital In 1881, the State of Kansas established the Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, temporarily established at Lawrence, but moved to Winfield in 1887/1888, where ...
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Winfield Township, New Jersey
Winfield Township (also called Winfield Park) is a Township (New Jersey), township in Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,423, its lowest United States Census, decennial census and a decrease of 48 (−3.3%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 1,471, which in turn reflected a decline of 43 (−2.8%) from the 1,514 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. The township is the sixth-smallest municipality in the state. Winfield and Linden, New Jersey, Linden share the same ZIP Code. Winfield Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on August 6, 1941, from portions of Clark, New Jersey, Clark and Linden, New Jersey, Linden, passing over the Governor's veto.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 242. Accessed May ...
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Winfield, Missouri
Winfield is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,518 at the 2010 census. History Winfield was laid out in 1879, and named after Winfield Scott Killam, the original owner of the town site. A post office called Winfield has been in operation since 1880. On June 18, 2008, floodwaters opened a 150-foot breach in a primary levee along the Mississippi River in Winfield. The breach allowed floodwaters to claim dozens of homes and large tracts of farmland and put pressure on a secondary levee. The breach also prompted Lincoln County emergency officials to order the evacuation of residents east of Winfield. Press reports noted that some evacuees were being housed at the local high school. On April 9, 2009, Winfield made news after it elected their popular mayor, Harry Stonebraker, to a fourth term, several weeks after he died of a heart attack. This was because ballot papers had already been printed and absentee voting had begun. He won by a landslide ...
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Winfield, Alberta
Winfield is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. It is located at the intersection of Alberta Highway 13, Highway 13 and Alberta Highway 20, Highway 20, approximately west of Wetaskiwin. Climate Winfield experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfc'') that borders on a humid continental climate (''Dfb'') The average January temperature is , while the average July temperature is . However, temperatures as low as and as high as have been recorded. Winters are cold and dry with a snow pack from mid-November till early-April. Summers are warm with long days; most precipitation falls during summer as rain from thunderstorms. July has the most precipitation of any month with an average of as rain. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Winfield had a population of 193 living in 85 of its 96 total private dwellings, a change of from its 20 ...
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West Winfield, New York
West Winfield is a village in the town of Winfield in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 826 at the 2010 census. The village is indirectly named after General Winfield Scott. The village is south of Utica. History An early school in the town, the West Winfield Academy (Mt. Markham), was established in 1850. An extensive tannery was last run by the Hiteman Leather Co. and more recently was a superfund cleanup site. The Bonfoy–Barstow House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. A branch of the Unadilla River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, flows through the village. The village is on U.S. Route 20 (Main Street) at the junction of New York State Route 51 (South Street). US-20 leads east to Richfield Springs and west to Bridgewater. NY-51 leads south to Burlington Flats. Utica is to the north via county roa ...
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Winfield Scott Edgerly
Winfield Scott Edgerly (May 29, 1846 – September 10, 1927) was an officer in the United States Army in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Born in New Hampshire in 1846, he attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1870. He served on the frontier through the American Indian Wars, Indian Wars, including the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Wounded Knee Massacre; in the Spanish–American War; in the Philippine Insurrection; and (briefly) in World War I. He served in several command positions. He was an observer of the Kaiser Maneuvers in Germany in 1907. He was retired as a brigadier general for disability in 1909, was recalled briefly in 1917 and died in 1927. Edgerly is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Early life and education Edgerly was born on May 29, 1846, in Farmington, New Hampshire. He was the son of Josiah Bartlett and Cordelia (Waldron) Edgerly and great-grandson of Colonel Thomas Tash of the New Hampshire Revolutionary militia. He was ...
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Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the United States's western expansion and war with the Native Americans at the Western frontier. This concluded with the Medicine Lodge Treaty. From 1881 to 1885 he was president of the Aztec Club of 1847 for veteran officers of the Mexican-American War. Hancock's reputation as a war hero at Gettysburg, combined with his status as a Unionist and supporter of states' rights, made him a potential president ...
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Winfield Scott Schley
Winfield Scott Schley (9 October 1839 – 2 October 1911) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War. Biography Early life Born at "Richfields" (his father's farm), near Frederick, Maryland, Schley graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1860, and went as midshipman on board the frigate to China and Japan. Civil War On his return in 1861, the American Civil War was in progress. He was made master, and was assigned to the frigate of the Western Gulf Squadron until 1862. He then served on the sidewheel gunboat of that squadron, and later on the sloops and , and participated in all the engagements that led to the capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River in 1863, (part of the campaign to split the Confederacy at Vicksburg), having been promoted to lieutenant on 16 July 1862. Chincha Island War and San Salvador Revolution He was ordered from the waters of the Sou ...
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Winfield Scott (chaplain)
Winfield Scott (February 26, 1837 – October 19, 1910) was an American Baptist minister, military officer, and politician. Shortly after graduating from seminary and taking his first job as a pastor, he left his church to lead a company during the American Civil War. Injuries sustained on the battlefield eventually led to his discharge from the military. Following the war, Scott moved to Kansas where he grew one church and established several others. Scott continued in ministerial and evangelical efforts in Colorado and California before becoming a U.S. Army chaplain. After retiring from the army, Scott moved to the Salt River Valley where he founded and was active in the early promotion of Scottsdale, Arizona. Scott is known to have preferred the style "Chaplain, U.S.A." to "Reverend" or "Pastor". Early life Scott was born to James Burt and Margaret E. (Covert) Scott in West Novi, Michigan, on February 26, 1837. His family moved to Interlaken, New York when he was a child. Sc ...
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