Columbia, Wisconsin

Columbia, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°30′59″N 90°43′12″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Clark
Town	Hewett
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1563277[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. "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.