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Winesburg is a town in Holmes County, Ohio. It is famous as the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, a collection of inter-related fictional short stories about members of the town set in the early 20th century. The town sits on the crest of a hill in the Amish country of Ohio, with a quaint downtown containing antique shops.

The town was founded in the early 19th century and originally named Weinsberg, after Weinsberg , Germany. The spelling was changed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a Post Office was opened there.

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