Local History

This village was named for W. S. Winegar, a landowner here from at least 1888.  The Entry Book, dated April 9, 1888, records a contract:  "Thaddeus A. Smith vs. Stillwell, Lefaiver and Winegar".  A station on the Michigan Central Railroad.  Storekeeper Marguerite W. Hull became its first postmaster on November 18, 1919.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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