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COMMUNITIES
Winfield highlights
ORIGIN: Winfield is the county seat of Putnam County. It was named in honor of General Winfield Scott following the Mexican War. Winfield was established in the late 1840s but was not incorporated until 1868.
POPULATION: 2007 Census estimates 2,039.
MAYOR: Ronald Stone.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dana Campbell, Charles Eshenaur, Nathan Fewell, Charles Keefer and Joe Rumbaugh. Jackie Hunter, recorder.
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: Second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Winfield Town Hall at 1 Main Street.
TOWN HALL: 1 Main Street, Winfield, 304-586-2122.
POLICE: Winfield Police Department, 304-586-9200; State Police Winfield detachment, 304-586-2000.
FIRE: Winfield Volunteer Fire Department, 304-586-3555.
AMBULANCE: Putnam County Emergency Medical Services.
TRASH COLLECTION: Cummings Collections, Waste Management of West Virginia.
AREA IN MILES: 2.67 square miles.
BOUNDARIES: Winfield is located between Eleanor and Hometown and is roughly 25 miles west of Charleston and 37 miles east of Huntington, the two largest cities in West Virginia.
SCHOOL DISTRICT: Putnam County Schools -- Eastbrook Elementary, Scott-Teays Elementary, Winfield Elementary, Winfield High and Winfield Middle.
ZIP CODE: 25213.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: none.
