| Official Name: | Winterville, Georgia |
| Nickname: | The Marigold Capital, the Friendship City |
| Seal Size: | 90px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Dodd Ferrelle |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1904 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.85 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.78 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.65 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.62 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Population Total: | 1,201 |
| Population Density Km2: | 177.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 458.40 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.9667°N -83.2814°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 797 |
| Postal Code: | 30683 |
| Blank Info: | 13-83728[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2405776 |
Winterville is a city in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,201 at the 2020 census.[3]
The community was named after John Winter, a railroad official.[4] Winterville was incorporated in 1904.[5]
Since 1991, when the City of Athens dissolved its city charter to form the unified government of Athens-Clarke County, Winterville has been the only municipality located wholly within Athens-Clarke County.
Winterville is located at 33.9667°N -83.2817°W,[6] a 60NaN0 - drive from the University of Georgia. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7mi2, all land.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 832 | 69.28% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 220 | 18.32% | |
| Asian | 21 | 1.75% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.08% | |
| Other/Mixed | 46 | 3.83% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 6.74% |
Winterville's Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture, built in 1953, fell into disrepair later in the 20th century. It has since been renovated.[8] The original auditorium burned down on its opening night in the early 1900s.[9]
The village's Cultural Center is located in the former high-school building, built in 1956.[10] The original high school was built at the same time as the auditorium.
Winterville Community Center is located in a former Georgia Railroad train depot, which was built in the late 19th century.[11]
In the late 1980s, members of the neo-psychedelia rock band Butthole Surfers lived in Winterville, where they recorded their infamous third full-length LP, Locust Abortion Technician in a tiny two-bedroom home studio they rented during the summer of 1986.[12]