Coordinates: 43°45′46″N 95°22′06″W / 43.76278°N 95.36833°W / 43.76278; -95.36833

Miloma, Minnesota

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Miloma
Unincorporated community
Miloma in 2014
Miloma in 2014
Miloma is located in Minnesota
Miloma
Miloma
Miloma is located in the United States
Miloma
Miloma
Coordinates: 43°45′46″N 95°22′06″W / 43.76278°N 95.36833°W / 43.76278; -95.36833
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyJackson
TownshipLa Crosse
Elevation
[1]
1,431 ft (436 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code507
GNIS feature ID654830[1]

Miloma is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States at latitude 43.763 and longitude -95.368 (Miloma Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 1,427 feet. Miloma appears on the Heron Lake U.S. Geological Survey Map.[2]

History

Miloma was originally called Prairie Junction, and under the latter name was founded in about 1879 when the railroad was extended to that point.[3] The present name of the community is a double contraction, Milwaukee and Omaha, from the names of two railroads, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul and the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha.[4][5] A post office was established under the name Prairie Junction in 1881, the name was changed to Miloma in 1906, and the post office closed in 1930.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miloma, Minnesota
  2. ^ "Miloma Populated Place Profile / Jackson County, Minnesota Data".
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 262.
  4. ^ Temple, Robert D. Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places, (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-47758-6, page 324.
  5. ^ 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. 183.
  6. ^ "Jackson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 13, 2015.


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