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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type        = [[List of municipalities in Arizona|City]]
| image_skyline          = File:Arizona US 66 Standing on the Corner Park Winslow Arizona.jpg
| imagesize              = 
| image_caption          = [[Standin' on the Corner Park]] in downtown Winslow
| image_flag             = Flag of Winslow, Arizona.svg
| image_seal             = 
| image_map              = File:Navajo County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Winslow Highlighted 0483930.svg
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| map_caption            = Location of Winslow in Navajo County, Arizona.
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| pushpin_map            = USA
| pushpin_label          = Winslow
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in the United States
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_type1      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
| subdivision_name       = United States
| subdivision_name1      = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]]
| government_type        = 
| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = [[Birdie Wilcox-Cano]]
| established_title      = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date       = 1900
| unit_pref              = Imperial
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2         = 33.78
| area_total_sq_mi       = 13.04
| area_land_km2          = 33.64
| area_land_sq_mi        = 12.99
| area_water_km2         = 0.14
| area_water_sq_mi       = 0.05
| elevation_ft           = 4866
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total       = 9005
| population_metro       = 
| population_density_km2 = 268
| population_density_sq_mi = 693
| timezone               = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]]
| utc_offset             = −7
| coordinates            = {{coord|35|01|28|N|110|43|10|W|type:city_region:US-AZ|display=it}}
| timezone_DST           = 
| utc_offset_DST         = 
| postal_code_type       = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code            = 86047
| area_code              = [[Area code 928|928]]
| blank_name             = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info             = 04-83930
| blank1_name            = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] ID(s)
| blank1_info            = 2412286<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412286}}</ref>
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'''Winslow''' is a city in [[Navajo County, Arizona]],  United States. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2020 census]], the population of the city is 9,005.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref> It is approximately {{convert|57|mi|km}} southeast of [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], {{convert|240|mi|km}} west of [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], and {{convert|329|mi|km}} southeast of [[Las Vegas]].

==History==
[[File:"Birds Eye View of Winslow, looking East." Atlantic and Pacific Railway cars on converging tracks in the foreground... - NARA - 516374.jpg|thumb|left|Winslow, 1890]]

Winslow was named for either [[Edward F. Winslow]], president of [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad|St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]], which owned half of the old [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]], or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jeff Scott |url=http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/winslow.html |title=History and information about Winslow, Arizona |publisher=Jeff.scott.tripod.com |date=August 7, 2002 |access-date=December 26, 2011 |archive-date=February 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227033939/http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/winslow.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopez |first1=Julian |title=Throwback Thursday: Winslow over time |url=https://azdot.gov/throwback-thursday-winslow-over-time |website=Arizona Department of Transportation |access-date=26 July 2025 |date=January 4, 2024}}</ref>

The <!--MAKES NO SENSE, AND NOT IN ANY SOURCE: chain's final -->[[Fred Harvey Company|Harvey House]], designed by [[Mary Colter]], opened in 1930;<ref name=AlexanderLegends/> It closed in 1957, and—early in the 1960s—the [[Santa Fe Railway]] gutted much of it, transforming it into its offices.<ref name=AlexanderLegends/> The railroad abandoned the property in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down.<ref name=AlexanderLegends/> However, it was bought and restored by Allan Affeldt,<ref>{{cite news| author = Bechman, Alexis | title=La Posada: Masterpiece Saved From The Wrecking Ball|url=http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2015/oct/19/la-posada-masterpiece-saved-wrecking-ball/|access-date=April 12, 2016|work=Payson Roundup|date=September 18, 2015|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424220415/http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2015/oct/19/la-posada-masterpiece-saved-wrecking-ball/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and now is known as the [[La Posada Hotel]].<ref name=AlexanderLegends>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Kathy|title=Winslow, Arizona—Frozen in Time|url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-winslow.html|location = Warsaw, MO | publisher=Legends of America|access-date=July 13, 2012|orig-date=March 2010|date = December 2024}}</ref><ref name="t724">{{cite web | title=History | website=La Posada Hotel | date=2025-01-17 | url=https://laposada.org/the-history-of-la-posada/ | access-date=2025-07-25}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 66 in Arizona|U.S. Route&nbsp;66]] originally passed through the city.<ref name="y702">{{cite web | last=Dukat | first=Kelley | title=This Arizona City Is A Route 66 Gem With Wild Southwestern Charm And Nostalgic Americana Pop Culture | website=Islands | date=2025-03-25 | url=https://www.islands.com/1814641/winslow-city-arizona-route-66-southwestern-charm-americana-pop-culture/ | access-date=2025-07-25}}</ref> A contract to build [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate&nbsp;40]] as a bypass north of Winslow was awarded at the end of 1977.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |title = Sundt Gets Contract For Winslow Bypass |page = 3 |date = Dec 4, 1977 |publisher= Arizona Daily Sun|agency=Associated Press|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/bypass/?psi=6&pci=7&ndt=ex&pd=4&pm=12&py=1977&search=ymd/|access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]],{{full|date=May 2025}} the city has an area of {{convert|12.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.{{cn|date=May 2025}} It is approximately {{convert|57|mi}} southeast of [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], {{convert|320|mi}} west of [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], and {{convert|329|mi}} southeast of [[Las Vegas]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}{{or|date=May 2025}}

===Climate===
Winslow experiences a dry, temperate [[arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWk''), with a wide [[diurnal temperature variation]] year-round, averaging 56&nbsp;°F (13.3&nbsp;°C). Winters are cool and dry, while summers are hot, and bringing the largest portion of the annual precipitation, which is {{convert|7.01|in|mm|0}}; snowfall averages {{convert|8.1|in|cm}} per season (July 1 through June 30 of the subsequent year).<ref name = NOWData/>
{{Weather box
|location = [[Winslow Municipal Airport]], Arizona (1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1915–present)
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 75
|Feb record high F = 82
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 83
|Dec record high F = 74
|Jan avg record high F = 63.9
|Feb avg record high F = 70.3
|Mar avg record high F = 77.9
|Apr avg record high F = 85.2
|May avg record high F = 92.9
|Jun avg record high F = 101.3
|Jul avg record high F = 102.5
|Aug avg record high F = 99.0
|Sep avg record high F = 94.4
|Oct avg record high F = 86.6
|Nov avg record high F = 75.0
|Dec avg record high F = 65.3
|year avg record high F = 103.6
|Jan high F = 49.8
|Feb high F = 56.2
|Mar high F = 64.5
|Apr high F = 71.9
|May high F = 81.2
|Jun high F = 92.3
|Jul high F = 94.6
|Aug high F = 91.7
|Sep high F = 85.6
|Oct high F = 73.8
|Nov high F = 60.3
|Dec high F = 48.7
|year high F = 72.6

|Jan mean F = 35.9
|Feb mean F = 41.0
|Mar mean F = 48.2
|Apr mean F = 54.9
|May mean F = 63.7
|Jun mean F = 73.8
|Jul mean F = 79.1
|Aug mean F = 77.1
|Sep mean F = 69.7
|Oct mean F = 57.1
|Nov mean F = 44.6
|Dec mean F = 35.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 22.0
|Feb low F = 25.9
|Mar low F = 31.8
|Apr low F = 37.9
|May low F = 46.2
|Jun low F = 55.2
|Jul low F = 63.7
|Aug low F = 62.5
|Sep low F = 53.8
|Oct low F = 40.4
|Nov low F = 28.9
|Dec low F = 21.7
|year low F = 40.8
|Jan avg record low F = 7.5
|Feb avg record low F = 11.4
|Mar avg record low F = 17.5
|Apr avg record low F = 24.1
|May avg record low F = 32.7
|Jun avg record low F = 42.7
|Jul avg record low F = 53.9
|Aug avg record low F = 54.1
|Sep avg record low F = 39.8
|Oct avg record low F = 24.6
|Nov avg record low F = 12.7
|Dec avg record low F = 7.1
|year avg record low F = 4.3
|Jan record low F = -18
|Feb record low F = -9
|Mar record low F = -2
|Apr record low F = 14
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 29
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 7
|Nov record low F = -9
|Dec record low F = -12
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.51
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.42
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.49
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.25
|May precipitation inch = 0.30
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.14
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.89
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.16
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.87
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.51
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.48
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.50
|year precipitation inch = 6.52
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.7
|Dec snow inch = 2.6
|Jan snow inch = 1.9
|Feb snow inch = 1.4
|Mar snow inch = 1.4
|Apr snow inch = 0.1
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|year snow inch = 8.1
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch
|Jan precipitation days = 4.3
|Feb precipitation days = 4.2
|Mar precipitation days = 4.0
|Apr precipitation days = 2.7
|May precipitation days = 2.7
|Jun precipitation days = 1.5
|Jul precipitation days = 6.3
|Aug precipitation days = 8.1
|Sep precipitation days = 4.8
|Oct precipitation days = 3.4
|Nov precipitation days = 3.2
|Dec precipitation days = 4.3
|year precipitation days = 
|unit snow days = 0.1 inch
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.7
|Dec snow days = 1.9
|Jan snow days = 1.9
|Feb snow days = 1.2
|Mar snow days = 1.1
|Apr snow days = 0.2
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|year snow days = 7.0

|source 1 = NOAA (snow/snow days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00023194&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Winslow MUNI AP, AZ (1991&ndash;2020)
|access-date = March 7, 2023
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USW00023194&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Winslow MUNI AP, AZ (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = March 7, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=fgz
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Flagstaff
|access-date = March 7, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1890= 363
|1900= 1305
|1910= 2381
|1920= 3730
|1930= 3917
|1940= 4577
|1950= 6518
|1960= 8862
|1970= 8066
|1980= 7921
|1990= 8190
|2000= 9520
|2010= 9655
|2020= 9005
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Welcome to Winslow sign 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Welcome to Winslow sign in 2024]]

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|773|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of {{convert|260|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The city's racial makeup was 40.8% [[Race (United States Census)|White]],  28.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race, 23.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 13.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 5.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]] and 4.2% from two or more races.

There were 2,754 households, of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.40.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 122.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 134.6 males.

The city's median household income was $29,741, and the median family income was $35,825. Males had a median income of $28,365 versus $20,698 for females. The city's [[per capita income]] was $12,340. About 17.5% of families and 20.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.9% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.
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==Arts and culture==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2025}}
[[File:La Posada AZ.jpg|upright|thumb|right|La Posada Hotel, Winslow]]

[[Standin' on the Corner Park]] is a downtown park featuring murals depicting the "Girl my Lord in a flatbed Ford". Winslow also has an annual Standin' On The Corner street festival, traditionally held the last week of September.

The 9-11 Remembrance Gardens honors those killed during the [[September 11 attacks]]. The memorial was constructed using two beams recovered from the wreckage of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center towers]].

==Education==
Winslow is served by the [[Winslow Unified School District]].

The city has three public elementary schools: Bonnie Brennan Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, and Washington Elementary School. Winslow Junior High School and [[Winslow High School (Arizona)|Winslow High School]] serve the city. Winslow also hosts the Little Colorado Campus of [[Northland Pioneer College]].

==Media==
*[[KINO]] – 1230 AM radio

==Infrastructure==
[[Image:ATSF 115 DL 1943.jpg|thumb|Diesel freight locomotive which has just come out of the Santa Fe [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] at Winslow, 1943. Photo by [[Jack Delano]].]]
[[File:Arizona - Winslow - NARA - 23933823 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Railroad yards, 1932]]
[[File:City Hall (3295887597).jpg|thumb|City hall]]

===Transportation===
Winslow is served by [[Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport]], originally constructed by [[Transcontinental Air Transport]], and designed by [[Charles Lindbergh]].

[[Winslow (Amtrak station)|Winslow Amtrak Station]] has twice-daily  service by the ''[[Southwest Chief]]''. The city is on [[BNSF]]'s [[Southern Transcon]] route that runs between Los Angeles and [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lustig|first=David|title=Fast time in Winslow|magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|date=December 2020|publisher=[[Kalmbach Media]]}}</ref>

Hopi Senom Transit provides bus service from Winslow to the [[Hopi Reservation]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Department of Public Works & Transportation| work = The Hopi Tribe| access-date = January 22, 2020| url = https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal-services/public-works-transportation/}}</ref>

[[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate 40]] runs through Winslow; the [[Business route]] is the historic [[U.S. Route 66 in Arizona|U.S. Route 66]].

==Notable people==
* [[Erika Alexander]], actress
* [[Brad Carson]], former U.S. Under Secretary of the Army and congressman
* [[William A. Conant]] (1816–1909), merchant, politician, and railroad agent. Worked as a railroad agent in Winslow
* [[Bill Engvall]], comedian (not born there; resided there in the early 70s)
* [[Deb Haaland]], First Native American woman elected to congress. 54th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]
* [[Michael Daly Hawkins]], U.S. Attorney for Arizona; U.S. Circuit Judge [[9th Circuit]]
* [[Nick Hysong]], gold medalist in pole vault at the [[2000 Summer Olympic Games]]
* [[Richard Kleindienst]], [[United States Attorney General]] under [[Richard Nixon]]
* [[Vernon Lattin]] (born 1938), president of [[Brooklyn College]]
* [[Paul M. Lally]] Producer/Director/Writer "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (not born there; resided late 50s)
* [[Tina Mion]], artist
* [[Tommy Singer]], a Navajo silversmith who specialized in chip-inlay jewelry
* [[Jay R. Vargas]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient during the [[Vietnam War]]

==In popular culture==
Winslow was mentioned in the 1972 Eagles song "[[Take It Easy]]".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12603 | title = Standin' on the Corner Park | work = RoadsideAmerica.com | publisher = Doug Kirby, Ken Smith, Mike Wilkins | access-date = September 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.standinonthecorner.com/ | title = Mention the name Winslow, Arizona | work = Standin' on the Corner Park | publisher = Standing On The Corner Park Foundation | access-date = September 25, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of historic properties in Winslow, Arizona]]
* [[Homolovi Ruins State Park]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Winslow, Arizona|<br>Winslow, Arizona}}
{{wikivoyage|Winslow (Arizona)}}
* {{official website|http://www.winslowaz.gov/}}
* [http://www.winslowarizona.org/ Winslow Chamber of Commerce]

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