Editing Winchester, Kansas (section)

==History==
Winchester was laid out in 1857.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n907 925]}}</ref> It was named after [[Winchester, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n317 210]}}</ref>

A post office in Winchester was established in March 1858 and closed in 2021. <ref>{{cite web |title=After mold closes post office, Kansas town forced to drive miles for mail |url=https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/after-mold-closes-post-office-kansas-town-forced-to-drive-miles-for-mail/ |website=KSNT |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:JF |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=11 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009182417/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:JF |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

The county hospital in Winchester was established in February 1956.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fwhuston.com/ |website=F.W. Huston Medical Center |title=F.W. Huston Medical Center |publisher=F.W. Huston Medical Center |accessdate=March 20, 2023}}</ref>