What does the Chamber do?
We support our businesses and organizations and help them to thrive in our community.
We promote and advertise the Winterville community so others will know what a great “slice of the good life” we have.
We are committed to promoting excellence in business and community.
G&N Mini Storage
The Winterville Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce our newest Chamber Champion – G&N Mini Storage!
G&N Mini Storage has been providing clean, safe and secure storage units and commercial storage space for customers since 1993. While they started out with just 80 units, they’ve expanded to now house 80,000 square feet of enclosed storage space and 2 acres of flex-space for boats and recreational vehicles!
Owners George & Julia Keville have lived in Winterville since 1978. Julia was a school teacher at W.H. Robinson for 20 years! George received the Volunteer of the Year award in 2014 from the Winterville Chamber because of his work with American Red cross for 10 years. For 4 years their helping hand has been…
Town History
A town is also its people. In 1880, Amos Graves Cox brought his barefoot bride to a log cabin near what is now the road to Renston. He began clearing land and eventually built their home and a store there. Like most of his neighbors, Mr. A.G. was a cotton farmer. Earlier, his father, John C. Cox, had invented a cotton planter, which Mr. A.G. improved and began to manufacture in a shop next to his store. The planters were soon in great demand and several hundreds were shipped by steamboat into the deep South each year.