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Columbia, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

44°30′59″N 90°43′12″W / 44.51639°N 90.72000°W / 44.51639; -90.72000Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyClarkTownHewettElevation

289 m (948 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)715 & 534GNIS 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

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