| Winslow, Arizona | |
|---|---|
| — City — | |
| Standin' on the Corner Park and mural | |
| Location in Navajo County and the state of Arizona | |
| U.S. Census Map | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Navajo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robin R. Boyd |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.3 sq mi (31.9 km2) |
| • Land | 12.3 sq mi (31.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,850 ft (1,478 m) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,832 |
| • Density | 773.1/sq mi (298.5/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 86047 |
| Area code(s) | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-83930 |
| Website | http://ci.winslow.az.us/ |
Winslow (Navajo: Béésh Sinil or Béésinil) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,931.[2]
It was named for either Edward F. Winslow, president of St. Louis and San Francisco Rail Road, which owned one half of the old Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.[3]
The last Harvey House (the La Posada Hotel) opened in 1930. It was designed by Mary Colter. The hotel closed in 1957 and was used by the Santa Fe Railroad for offices. The city, which was a stop on the U.S. Route 66, has been served by I-40 since the 1970s. It achieved national fame in 1972 in the Eagles song “Take it Easy” which has the line “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona." The Santa Fe Railroad abandoned the La Posada in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down. It was saved and now caters to Route 66 fans.[4]
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Winslow is located at (35.028482, -110.700782).[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.3 square miles (32 km2), all of it land.
Winslow experiences a dry, temperate climate, transitional between semi-arid and arid (Köppen BSk/BWk, respectively). Winters are cool and dry, while summers are hot, and bringing the largest portion of the annual precipitation, which is a very low 8 inches (200 mm).
| Climate data for Winslow | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 75 (24) |
83 (28) |
87 (31) |
94 (34) |
103 (39) |
106 (41) |
109 (43) |
104 (40) |
99 (37) |
93 (34) |
82 (28) |
74 (23) |
109 (43) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 47.1 (8.4) |
54.4 (12.4) |
61.5 (16.4) |
69.8 (21.0) |
79.0 (26.1) |
90.0 (32.2) |
93.0 (33.9) |
90.1 (32.3) |
83.5 (28.6) |
71.7 (22.1) |
57.7 (14.3) |
47.1 (8.4) |
70.41 (21.34) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 34.2 (1.2) |
40.0 (4.4) |
46.3 (7.9) |
53.4 (11.9) |
62.2 (16.8) |
72.1 (22.3) |
77.5 (25.3) |
75.6 (24.2) |
68.2 (20.1) |
55.9 (13.3) |
43.2 (6.2) |
34.1 (1.2) |
55.23 (12.90) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 21.3 (−5.9) |
25.5 (−3.6) |
31.1 (−0.5) |
36.9 (2.7) |
45.3 (7.4) |
54.2 (12.3) |
62.0 (16.7) |
61.1 (16.2) |
52.9 (11.6) |
40.1 (4.5) |
28.7 (−1.8) |
21.0 (−6.1) |
40.01 (4.45) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −18 (−28) |
−9 (−23) |
6 (−14) |
14 (−10) |
23 (−5) |
29 (−2) |
42 (6) |
41 (5) |
29 (−2) |
12 (−11) |
−15 (−26) |
−19 (−28) |
−19 (−28) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.46 (11.7) |
0.53 (13.5) |
0.61 (15.5) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.30 (7.6) |
1.18 (30) |
1.31 (33.3) |
1.02 (25.9) |
0.90 (22.9) |
0.55 (14) |
0.40 (10.2) |
7.89 (200.4) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 2.6 (6.6) |
2.1 (5.3) |
1.9 (4.8) |
0.4 (1) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.3 (0.8) |
0.7 (1.8) |
2.8 (7.1) |
10.8 (27.4) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 55.1 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 8.8 |
| Source: NOAA [6] | |||||||||||||
As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile (298.6/km²). There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile (100.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 40.8% White, 5.18% Black or African American, 23.47% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 13.49% from other races, and 4.18% from two or more races. 28.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 2,754 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were 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 median income for a household in the city was $29,741, and the median income for a family was $35,825. Males had a median income of $28,365 versus $20,698 for females. The per capita income for the city 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.
Winslow is served by the Winslow Unified School District.
Three public elementary schools are located in the city limits: Bonnie Brennan Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, and Washington Elementary School. Winslow Junior High School and Winslow High School serve the city.
Winslow also hosts the Little Colorado Campus of Northland Pioneer College.
Winslow is served by Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport (IATA: INW, ICAO: KINW). Originally constructed by Transcontinental Air Transport, there is currently no commercial airline service here. The Winslow airport was designed by Charles Lindbergh, who stayed in Winslow during its construction. It was paid for by Howard Hughes. When it was built, it was the only all-weather airport between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
Winslow is situated on one of the busiest railroad lines in the United States, with more than 100 freight trains passing through Winslow daily. The city is on the Burlington Northern Railroad's Santa Fe Transcon route which runs between Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois. It is a crew change point for the BNSF Railway. The city also has twice-daily Amtrak service at Winslow (Amtrak station) (one train eastbound and one westbound).
Interstate 40 runs just north of Winslow.
The nearby Meteor Crater, sometimes known as the Barringer Crater and formerly as the Canyon Diablo crater, is a famous impact crater.
Standin' On The Corner Park is a park featuring murals depicting the famous "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 Painted Desert and Petrified Forest are about 60 miles east of Winslow. The Little Painted Desert is 18 miles north of Winslow.
Winslow is also home to the 9-11 Remembrance Gardens, a memorial honoring those who lost their lives during the September 11th terrorist attacks. The memorial was constructed using two beams recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers in New York City.
The 9-11 Memorial in Winslow is a result of the efforts of Bill Herron and Councilwoman Dee Rodriquez along with a committee planning for a remembrance. There was news of beams from the World Trade Center towers wreckage being given away and the persons in charge of the wreckage were contacted and agreed to give Winslow beams of 14 and 16 foot length, which had to be picked up and transported from the site in two days.
Walmart supplied the transportation to Winslow and once the beams were in town, Dale Hancock handled setting them up in the memorial. A large number of citizens donated time and money to the erection of the memorial, which was in place and celebrated on the first anniversary of the event, Sept. 11, 2002. That memorial is at the corner of Transcon Lane and old Route 66 near the Flying J Truck Stop.
Bill Engvall also alludes to the city of Winslow in his video for "Here's Your Sign".
Winslow was immortalized by the song "Take It Easy" written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and performed by the Eagles. The song tells the tale of a disconsolate singer with woman troubles and includes the lines:
The city had suffered a loss of commerce when U.S. Route 66 was supplanted by Interstate 40, but the popularity of the song led to renewed attention for Winslow and a commercial renaissance.[8]
The scene described in the song was replicated as a trompe-l'oeil mural painted on the side of a building in Standin' on the Corner Park in Winslow. On October 18, 2004, a fire destroyed the building on which the mural was painted. The wall and the mural were preserved, but the park temporarily closed.
In November 2006, the city of Winslow purchased the property where the building had stood. The wall with the mural was secured and the rest of the building torn down.
As of August 2007, the corner of the park, with the statue and the mural, is accessible again. Plans are underway to expand the mural to cover the remaining wall, and to expand the park onto both sides of the wall.
The city also posted a billboard on I-40 with the words: "Winslow, Arizona says 'Take it easy'".
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