Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan
- Incorporated
- March 12, 1924
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Sally Ranzau
- Total
- 0.93 sq mi (2.42 km )
- Land
- 0.93 sq mi (2.42 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,745 ft (532 m)
- Density
- 539/sq mi (208/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-79380
- Website
- townofwinthrop.com
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Encyclopedic overview
Winthrop is a town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. It is located on the North Cascades Highway, east of Mazama and north of Twisp. The town's population was 504 at the 2020 census. Winthrop lies at the confluence of the Methow and Chewuch rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
The town was founded in 1890 after the Methow Valley, the homeland of the indigenous Methow people, was opened to white settlement. Winthrop was named for author and explorer Theodore Winthrop, who visited Washington Territory in the 1860s. The town was incorporated in 1924 and continues to operate under a mayor–council government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winthrop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.