page_title: Winsted, Minnesota
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Winsted, Minnesota / History
caption_attribution_description: English: water tower in Winstead, MN, taken facing north
context_page_description: Winsted is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,355 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: A post office called Winsted has been in operation since 1858. The city was named after Winsted, Connecticut. The Electric Short Line (commonly referred to as the Luce Line) provided freight and interurban passenger rail service to Winsted. Passenger service ended by the 1950s, and the tracks were abandoned by the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1972.
caption: Water tower
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