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Winchester

independent city in Virginia, United States
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Summary

Winchester is an independent city in the United States[1]. Winchester draws 2,582 Wikipedia views per month (independent city in the united states category, ranking #12 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Head of government: John David Smith, Jr.[6], Les Veach[7]
  • Instance of: county seat[8], independent city in Virginia[9]
  • Shares border with: Frederick County[10]
  • Basic form of government: council–manager government[11]
  • Named after: Winchester[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Ambato[13]
  • Postal code: 22601[14], 22602[15], 22603[16], 22604[17]
  • Commons category: Winchester, Virginia[18]
  • Local dialing code: 540[19]
  • Inception: 1752[20]
  • Coordinate location: 39.1783, -78.1667[21]
  • Official website: https://www.winchesterva.gov/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Winchester, Virginia[23]
  • Population: 26,203[24], 26,235[25], 26,523[26], 26,923[27], 27,216[28], 27,284[29], 28,120[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Winchester, Virginia[31]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34]
  • Capital of: Frederick County[35]
  • Published in: The New Student's Reference Work[36]
  • Official name: Winchester[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Winchester, Virginia[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Winchester, Virginia[39]
  • Number of households: 10,669[40]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 23.966712[41] and 23.971623[42]. Winchester sits at an elevation of 221[43].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Winchester include Winchester Regional Airport[44], an airport[45], in United States[46].

Why It Matters

Winchester has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Winchester is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Winchester include Winchester Regional Airport[44], an airport[45], in United States[46].

Related Entities

Ambato Patsy Cline Richard E. Byrd Rick Santorum Shenandoah University United States Virginia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Winchester, Virgini
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Winchester, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → council–manager government
    Harper's tag → winchester-va
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: winchester-va, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289965560|winchester va (#289965560)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 7w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → independent city in the United States, county seat, independent city in Virginia
    Flag image → Flag of Winchester, Virginia USA.svg
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: independent city in Virginia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787553646073"
  4. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3827458
    Taxonomicon id → 1808193
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  6. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Frederick County
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Winchester, Virginia
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Virginia
    Different from → Winchester
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110641, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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