Editing Winslow, Indiana (section)

==History==
Winslow was laid out in 1837.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uIKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA354 | title=History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana | author=Goodspeed Brothers | year=1984 | pages=354| isbn=9785875212222 }}</ref> The town was named after William Winslow Hathaway, son of an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana|year = 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uIKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA421|publisher=Goodspeed Brothers|isbn=978-5-87521-222-2|page=421}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Winslow since 1839.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Pike&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Pike County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=October 5, 2015}}</ref>

The town's name is part of the namesake of the [[Algers, Winslow and Western Railway]] which operates within Pike County, and passes through the community.