[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,201 people, 449 households, and 331 families residing in the city.

Winterville's Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture, built in 1953, fell into disrepair later in the 20th century.

[17] Winterville Community Center is located in a former Georgia Railroad train depot,[1] which was built in the late 19th century.

[19] 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.