Everything about Winslow Arizona totally explained
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.
Geography and Climate
Winslow is located at (35.028482, -110.700782).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.3
square miles (31.9
km²), all of it land.
| Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Rec High °F | 75 |
78 |
85 |
92 |
101 |
106 |
109 |
103 |
99 |
93 |
80 |
74
|
| Norm High °F | 47.1 |
54.4 |
61.5 |
69.8 |
79 |
90 |
93 |
90.1 |
83.5 |
71.7 |
57.7 |
47.1
|
| Norm Low °F | 21.3 |
25.5 |
31.1 |
36.9 |
45.3 |
54.2 |
62 |
61.1 |
52.9 |
40.1 |
28.7 |
21
|
| Rec Low °F | -18 |
-7 |
-2 |
16 |
23 |
35 |
44 |
41 |
31 |
13 |
-1 |
-12
|
| Precip (in) | 0.46 |
0.53 |
0.61 |
0.27 |
0.36 |
0.3 |
1.18 |
1.31 |
1.02 |
0.9 |
0.55 |
0.54
|
| Source: USTravelWeather.com |
Demographics
As of the
census 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/sq mi (100.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 52.56%
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.
Education
Winslow is served by the
Winslow Unified School District.
Three public elementary schools are located in the town 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.
Transportation
Winslow is served by
Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport (
IATA: INW,
ICAO: KINW). Originally constructed by
Transcontinental Air Transport, there's currently no airline service.
Winslow is situated on one of the busiest railroad lines in the U.S with more than 100 freight trains passing through Winslow daily. The town 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 town also has twice-daily
Amtrak service at
Winslow (Amtrak station) (one train each eastbound and westbound).
Interstate 40 runs north of town.
Main sights
The nearby
Meteor Crater, sometimes known as the
Barringer Crater and formerly as the
Canyon Diablo crater, is a famous impact crater.
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.
Bill Engvall also shows a glimpse of Winslow in his video for "
Here's Your Sign".
Take It Easy
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:
» Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona,
and such a fine sight to see » It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford,
slowin' down to take a look at me
The town had suffered a loss of commerce when
Route 66 was supplanted by
Interstate 40, but the popularity of the song led to renewed attention for Winslow and a commercial renaissance.
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 of 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 town also posted a
billboard on I-40 with the words: "Winslow, Arizona says 'Take it easy'".
Famous residents
References
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