Medary, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Medary is located in Wisconsin
Medary
Medary
Medary is located in the United States
Medary
Medary
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
TownMedary
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] The Great River State Trail has its trailhead located here.[2]

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.[3] This rail junction originally was called Trempealeau Junction, but later became Winona Junction.[4] The railroad was consolidated with the Chicago and North Western Railway June 6, 1877.[3] The area was renamed in honor of Samuel Medary, an American politician.[4] A community post office operated under the name Medary in 1895 until 1900.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Medary, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Great River State Trail. State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Viewed February 10, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Eben Douglas Pierce (1917). History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Unigraphic. pp. 262–.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ "(La Crosse) County (Wisconsin) Postal History". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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