Columbia, Wisconsin

Columbia, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Columbia is located in Wisconsin
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia is located in the United States
Columbia
Columbia
Coordinates: 44°30′59″N 90°43′12″W / 44.51639°N 90.72000°W / 44.51639; -90.72000
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyClark
TownHewett
Elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1563277[1]

Columbia is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hewett, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2]

History

A post office called Columbia was established in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1920.[3] The community was named after the song "Hail, Columbia."[4]

In 1918 the History of Clark County described: "Columbia is a station on the Omaha line between Neillsville and Merrillan. It has a good looking school building, and several nice homes. Several years ago Columbia was boomed by a land company, but the exploitation was overdone and that part of the county until recently has suffered from the after effects of too much publicity. Columbia now has a store, a warehouse, a cheese factory, a hall and a church.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Columbia, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Columbia Topo Map in Clark County WI
  3. ^ "Clark County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  4. ^ 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. 171.
  5. ^ Curtiss-Wedge, Franklin (1918). History of Clark County Wisconsin. Chicago and Winona: H.C. Cooper Jr & Co. p. 665.