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We would like to provide the residents of  Winslow  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Winslow Home page. The Winslow Home page provides as much information as possible on Winslow. Knowing Winslow’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Winslow’s Home page, you will also find Winslow’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Winslow has a population of 9505. 57.7% of Winslow’s inhabitants are Male, and 42.3 are female. 30.6% of Winslow is married and 49.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $95,615, and the average rent is $680. Household median income in Winslow is $45,742, and the individual median income is $20,636. Winslow’s Ethnic is the following: Hispanic(37.8%), Native(34.3%), White(33.1%), Other(19.4%), Multiple(8.3%), Black(4.7%), Asian(0.1%).


Winslow was named for either Edward F. Winslow, president of St. Louis and San Francisco Rail Road, which owned half of the old Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.The last Harvey House (La Posada Hotel), designed by Mary Colter, opened in 1930. The hotel closed in 1957 and was used by the Santa Fe Railway for offices.


The railroad abandoned La Posada in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down. It was bought and restored by Allan Affeldt and it serves as a hotel.U.S. Route 66 was originally routed through the city. A contract to build Interstate 40 as a bypass north of Winslow was awarded at the end of 1977. I-40 replaced U.S.


Route 66 in Arizona in its entirety. Winslow achieved national fame in 1972 in the Eagles / Jackson Browne song “Take It Easy” which has the line “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona."


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