Miloma, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

43°45′46″N 95°22′06″W / 43.76278°N 95.36833°W / 43.76278; -95.36833CountryUnited StatesStateMinnesotaCountyJacksonTownship La CrosseElevation

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1,431 ft (436 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code507GNIS 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

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