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'''Winslow''' ({{lang-nv|{{spell-nv|Béésh Sinil}}}}) is a city in [[Navajo County, Arizona]], United States. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2020 census]], the population of the city is 9,005.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
==History==
[[File:"Birds Eye View of Winslow, looking East." Atlantic and Pacific Railway cars on converging tracks in the foreground... - NARA - 516374.jpg|thumb|left|Birds-eye view of Winslow (looking East), 1890]]
Winslow was named for either [[Edward F. Winslow]], president of [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad|St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]], which owned half of the old [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]], or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jeff Scott |url=http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/winslow.html |title=History and information about Winslow, Arizona |publisher=Jeff.scott.tripod.com |date=August 7, 2002
The chain's final [[Fred Harvey Company|Harvey House]], designed by [[Mary Colter]], opened in 1930. It closed in 1957 and was used by the [[Santa Fe Railway]] for offices. The railroad abandoned the [[La Posada Historic District|property]] in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down. However, it was bought and restored by Allan Affeldt<ref>{{cite news|title=La Posada: Masterpiece Saved From The Wrecking Ball|url=http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2015/oct/19/la-posada-masterpiece-saved-wrecking-ball/|access-date=
[[U.S. Route 66]] originally passed through the city. A contract to build [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate 40]] as a bypass north of Winslow was awarded at the end of 1977. I-40 replaced [[U.S. Route 66 in Arizona]] in its entirety.
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==Geography and climate==
Winslow is at {{coord|35|1|43|N|110|42|3|W|type:city}} (35.028482, −110.700782).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
Winslow experiences a dry, temperate [[arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWk''), with a wide [[diurnal temperature variation]] year-round, averaging {{convert|32.7|F}}. Winters are cool and dry, while summers are hot, and bringing the largest portion of the annual precipitation, which is {{convert|7.01|in|mm|0}}; snowfall averages {{convert|8.1|in|cm}} per season (July 1 through June 30 of the subsequent year).<ref name = NOWData/>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
There were 2,754 households, of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|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.
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The city has three public elementary schools: Bonnie Brennan Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, and Washington Elementary School. Winslow Junior High School and [[Winslow High School (Arizona)|Winslow High School]] serve the city. Winslow also hosts the Little Colorado Campus of [[Northland Pioneer College]].
The Little Springs Community School, a tribal elementary school affiliated with the [[Bureau of Indian Education]] (BIE), has a Winslow postal address but is actually in an [[unincorporated area]] {{convert|6|mi|km}} southeast of [[Birdsprings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://littlesinger.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828110907/http://littlesinger.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=
==Transportation==
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Winslow's railroad [[Winslow (Amtrak station)|station]] has twice-daily [[Amtrak]] service (one train eastbound and one westbound) with the ''[[Southwest Chief]]''. The city is on [[BNSF]]'s [[Southern Transcon]] route that runs between Los Angeles and [[Chicago]], Illinois.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lustig|first=David|title=Fast time in Winslow|magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|date=December 2020|publisher=[[Kalmbach Media]]}}</ref> It is also a crew change point for the railroad.
Hopi Senom Transit provides bus service from Winslow to the [[Hopi Reservation]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Department of Public Works & Transportation| work = The Hopi Tribe| access-date =
[[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate 40]] runs just north of Winslow; the [[Business route]] is the historic [[U.S. Route 66 in Arizona|U.S. Route 66]].
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Winslow is the 8th location (of 90) mentioned in the North American version of [[Geoff Mack]]'s country song ''[[I've Been Everywhere]]''.
''[[The Crew (video game)|The Crew]]'' video game featured Winslow as a location,<ref name="IGN 2017">{{cite web | title=Cities And Towns - The Crew - Guide | website=IGN | date=
The television series ''[[Moonbase 8]]'' is set in a fictional [[NASA]] moon simulator in Winslow.
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