Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Scott
- Total
- 6.81 sq mi (17.63 km )
- Land
- 6.80 sq mi (17.60 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 1,326 ft (404 m)
- Density
- 139.4/sq mi (53.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 47-81280
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Winfield
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Scott County
- Population
- 947
- Area
- 16.437752
- Elevation
- 404
- Image
- Winfield-houses-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 456
- Dialing code
- 423
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- postal code
- 37892
- Commons category
- Winfield, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 0.1799
- per capita income
- 18425
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Encyclopedic overview
Winfield is a town in Scott County, Tennessee, United States. Originally named Chitwood in the late 18th century for Revolutionary War hero Captain James Chitwood after his family settled the area extensively, the name was changed following the Civil War due to the family's mixed allegiances. The name Winfield was picked in honor of US army general Winfield Scott. The population was 947 at the 2020 census and 967 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.