Winston, Georgia


Winston is an unincorporated community, formerly incorporated as a city, in southwestern Douglas County, Georgia, United States.
Winston is assigned the United States Postal Service ZIP code 30187.
ZIP Code 30187 has segments in two counties, Carroll and Douglas.
Winston is located at which is.

History

The community was named after "Uncle Jackie" Winn, a pioneer citizen.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Winston as a town in 1906. The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.

Parks

Winston is home to schools operated by the Douglas County School System.
These career/technical schools/colleges/universities are local to Winston:
Libraries are located in the neighboring communities of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Lithia Springs, Hiram, and Dallas.

Buildings in the National Register of Historic Places

The John Thomas Carnes Family Log House, NRIS Number: 01000762, is located at: Clinton Nature Preservem, 8270 Ephesus Church Rd., Winston, GA

Weather

Although the Winston-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Georgia's state average,
its historical tornado activity is above the state average.
A look out of a typical back door in Winston at 7:35 a.m. on 26 December 2010. There seems to be even more snow and ice on Tuesday, the 11th of January 2011! It melted off the trees and refroze on the ground.
A resident looks at a washed out road near Winston.
from NOAA.gov website