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Medary (community), Wisconsin

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Coordinates: 43°51′19″N 91°12′34″W / 43.85528°N 91.20944°W / 43.85528; -91.20944
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For other places with the same name, see Winona Junction, Wisconsin.
Medary, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Medary, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Medary, Wisconsin
Medary, Wisconsin
Medary, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Medary, Wisconsin
Medary, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°51′19″N 91°12′34″W / 43.85528°N 91.20944°W / 43.85528; -91.20944
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyLa Crosse
Elevation
209 m (686 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code608
GNIS feature ID1569305[1]

Medary (also Winona Junction) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Medary, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

The La Crosse, Trempealeau & Prescott Railroad chartered to build from a point across the river from Winona, Minnesota to connect with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.[2] This rail junction originally was called Trempealeau Junction, but later became Winona Junction.[3] The railroad was consolidated with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad June 6 1877.[2] The area was renamed in honor of Samuel Medary, an American politician.[3] A community post office operated under the name Medary in 1895 until 1900.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Medary, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Eben Douglas Pierce (1917). History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Unigraphic. pp. 262–.
  3. ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 101.
  4. ^ "(La Crosse) County (Wisconsin) Postal History". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.


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