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City of Winchester

7 South High Street
931-967-2532

Come along and drive on Dinah Shore Boulevard or Davy Crockett state highway to a place called home – Winchester, Tennessee. Known for its friendliness and hospitality, Winchester is Dinah Shore’s hometown and its main thoroughfare – The Boulevard – carries her name.

For those of you who are strangers to Winchester, it is located about 90 minutes southeast of Nashville, 60 minutes northwest of Chattanooga, and 45 minutes away from Huntsville, Alabama. Incidentally, you won’t be a stranger long once you’ve visited our community.

Settled in 1810, Winchester was named for General James Winchester, a veteran of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. The city was incorporated in 1822 and is the county seat of Franklin County.

Surrounded by majestic mountains, lakes, and rolling farm lands, Winchester is blessed by natural beauty that is the envy of every visitor.


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