Winona, Arizona

Winona, Arizona
Location in Coconino County and the state of Arizona Location in Coconino County and the state of Arizona
Country	United States
State	Arizona
Counties	Coconino
Elevation	6,240 ft (1,902 m)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)

Winona is a small unincorporated community in Coconino County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. At one time it was also called Walnut.

History

Winona was once an incorporated village called Walnut Creek, until the 1950s when it became part of Flagstaff. Walnut Creek runs through Winona. It has been a dry creek bed since a dam was built above Walnut Canyon in the 1950s to provide Flagstaff with a reservoir. Before this, the creek ran year round.

In popular culture

Winona Bridge, no longer accessible by car

Winona is located along U.S. Route 66 and was made famous in the song "Route 66". It lies about thirteen miles (19 km) east of Flagstaff and is deliberately out of sequence with the rest of the cities named in the song because of its near-miss: "Don't forget Winona." The author of the song, Bobby Troup, needed a word that rhymed with "Arizona". It is also mentioned in the song "Arizona Yodeler": "Way out in Arizona, in a town they call Winona..."

The singer Wynonna Judd adopted her name upon hearing "Winona" in "Route 66."