Medary (community), Wisconsin

For other places with the same name, see Winona Junction, Wisconsin.

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Medary, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community

Medary

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Coordinates: 43°51′19″N 91°12′34″W﻿ / ﻿43.85528°N 91.20944°W﻿ / 43.85528; -91.20944
Country|  United States
State|  Wisconsin
County| La Crosse
Town| Medary
Elevation

| 209 m (686 ft)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code| 608
GNIS feature ID| 1569305[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

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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

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* Medary, Wisconsin \- the surrounding town

## Notes

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Eben Douglas Pierce (1917). History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Unigraphic. pp. 262–.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "(La Crosse) County (Wisconsin) Postal History". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.

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Municipalities and communities of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: La Crosse

Cities|

* La Crosse
* Onalaska

Villages|

* Bangor
* Holmen
* Rockland
* West Salem

Towns|

* Bangor
* Barre
* Burns
* Campbell
* Farmington
* Greenfield
* Hamilton
* Holland
* Medary
* Onalaska
* Shelby
* Washington

CDPs|

* Brice Prairie
* French Island
* Mindoro
* St. Joseph

Other
communities|

* Barre Mills
* Burns
* Medary
* Middle Ridge
* Midway
* New Amsterdam
* Newberg Corners
* Shelby
* Stevenstown
* West La Crosse

Indian
reservation|

* Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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