Editing Winlock, Washington (section)

==History==
===Origin===
Winlock began as a [[Northern Pacific Railway|Northern Pacific Railroad]] construction camp called Wheeler's Camp in c. 1871. The railroad was then in the process of extending its line from [[Kalama, Washington|Kalama]] to [[Tacoma, Washington]]. Dr. C. C. Pagett, an early resident, donated the land for the townsite. In 1873, he named it for General William Winlock Miller of [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], a man of some renown in the area. Miller had promised to give a [[school bell]] to the town if it were to be named after him. The town was incorporated on February 28, 1883.<ref name=hale/>

===Early economy===
[[Lumbering]] was the initial economic driver. A number of [[sawmill]]s were established beginning in the late 1800s. In the late 1920s there were four mills in operation, employing 350 men and producing over 30 million board feet of fir lumber annually.<ref name=":0">Advertising pamphlet, Winlock Commercial Club, c1928</ref>

Agriculture developed in the early 1900s with the impetus on the raising of poultry and the production of eggs.<ref name="AOTMA">{{cite news|last1=Banel |first1=Feliks |title=All Over The Map: A half-dozen half-baked facts about the iconic giant Winlock Egg |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3207687/all-over-the-map-half-dozen-facts-giant-winlock-egg/?fbclid=IwAR11bS7iVixWfC8s2qarCFUI0vdI0TzJuxI-z5OU3iREpFNrbTz7ygT_eiY |access-date=November 22, 2023 |work=KIRO News Radio (Seattle) |date=October 29, 2021}}</ref> A branch of the Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association located in the town constructed a large building in the north end of town, near the railroad tracks, around 1920. It housed grain storage bins and poultry processing facilities. The building remains standing today. Several hatcheries were located in the town. More than 750,000 baby chicks were produced during the 1928 season.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Washington Co-op building Winlock WA c1930.jpg|thumb|Washington Co-op building in Winlock WA c1930.]]
In 1922 it was noted in a local newspaper that the only American city that produced more eggs than Winlock was [[Petaluma, California]]. In a single weekend in 1923, Winlock shipped 38,400 dozen eggs to [[New York state]]. Winlock at that time was touted as the "Egg and Poultry Capital of the World".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egg Farming in Washington |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/21048 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>

===21st century===
A fire in Winlock's downtown area consumed the city's historic Warne's Drug Store building in late 2022. The structure was built in 1911 but burned down the following year. Rebuilt soon thereafter, the building housed the now-defunct Winlock News and Winlock Phone Company, as well as other various businesses for the next century. At the time of loss, the location was used as a hostel for six years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Emily |title=City of Winlock Intends to Tear Down Fire-Damaged Historic Building by End of the Week |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/city-of-winlock-intends-to-tear-down-fire-damaged-historic-building-by-end-of-the-week,303797 |access-date=June 26, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=November 16, 2022}}</ref>
 
An annexation proposal by the city to incorporate Winlock's urban growth area (UGA) was dismissed in 2023 by the Lewis County Supreme Court over a combination of protests from residents in the UGA and the questions of statutory and filing periods and connected legal authority.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Emily |title=Judge Dismisses Winlock's Petition to Enforce Annexation |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/judge-dismisses-winlocks-petition-to-enforce-annexation,317542 |access-date=June 19, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 17, 2023}}</ref> The UGA, formed from a county contract in 2006, is recorded as containing {{convert|1,335|acre}} with a population of 335 residents. A citizen-led petition for the proposal to be reviewed by the Washington State Boundary Review Board for Lewis County exceeded the minimum voting requirements and a subsequent unanimous approval of the annexation by the board occurred in August of that year. The annexation was adopted by a majority vote of the Winlock city council that autumn.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vander Stoep |first1=Isabel |title=1,355-acre expansion of Winlock approved by review board |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/1355-acre-expansion-of-winlock-approved-by-review-board,323499 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 9, 2023}}</ref><ref name="FAWMS">{{cite news |last1=Roland |first1=Mitchell |title=Following annexation, Winlock mayor says the city 'kept our promise' |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/following-annexation-winlock-mayor-says-the-city-kept-our-promise,370411 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>