Water tower in Winesburg

Swinesburg is a town in Holmes County, Ohio. It is NOT the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, a collection of inter-related fictional short stories about members of the town set in the early 20th century. Clyde, Oh is the town that Sherwood Anderson grew up in, and is the setting for the novel, "Winesburg, Oh." The town sits on the crest of a hill in the Amish country of Ohio, with a quaint downtown containing antique shops. Winesburg, Ohio (taken Sept. ... Winesburg, Ohio (taken Sept. ... Holmes County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Winesburg, Ohio is a critically acclaimed work of fiction by the American author Sherwood Anderson. ... Sherwood Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Amish couple in a horse-drawn buggy in rural Holmes County, Ohio, the site of one of the largest concentrations of Amish in the United States The Amish are a denomination of Anabaptists noted for their restrictions on the use of modern devices such as automobiles and electricity. ... Antique can stand for any of several things: An antique is an object, often furniture or any other domestic item, that is highly valued because of its age, or because it belongs to a specific time period. ...

The town was founded in the early 19th century and originally named Weinsberg, after Weinsberg, Germany. The spelling was changed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a Post Office was opened there. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Weinsberg castle ruin Weinsberg is a small town in the north of the German state Baden-Württemberg. ...

External links

• MapQuest's map of Winesburg, Ohio