Columbia, Wisconsin

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|subdivision_name2 = Clark

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|subdivision_name3 = Hewett

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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Columbia is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hewett, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.{{cite gnis|1563277|Columbia, Wisconsin}}[https://topozone.com/wisconsin/clark-wi/city/columbia-33/ Columbia Topo Map in Clark County WI]

History

A post office called Columbia was established in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1920.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Clark | title=Clark County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 April 2015}} The community was named after the song "Hail, Columbia."{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA171|year=1908|page=171}}

In 1918 the History of Clark County said Columbia had a train station on the Omaha line, and that local sites included a school, a church, and a cheese factory.{{cite book|last1=Curtiss-Wedge|first1=Franklin|title=History of Clark County Wisconsin|date=1918|publisher=H.C. Cooper Jr & Co.|location=Chicago and Winona|page=665|url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/21003/rec/1}}

Notes

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Wisconsin

Category:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin