Bluff Siding, Wisconsin

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Bluff Siding, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 44°04′17″N91°37′05″W / 44.07139°N 91.61806°W / 44.07139; -91.61806
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Buffalo
Town Buffalo
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1561981 [1]

Bluff Siding or Atlanta Station is an unincorporated community located in the town of Buffalo, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Bluff Siding, a siding on the Chicago and North Western Railway, was named from rocky bluffs near the town site. [4]

Education

Bluff Siding is part of the Cochrane-Fountain City School District. [5]

Transportation

Bluff Siding, Wisconsin is located northeast of Winona, Minnesota on Wisconsin Highway 35 and Wisconsin Highway 54 on the Great River Road. Bluff Siding is 2.2 miles from Winona, Minnesota. [6]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Bluff Siding". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Bluff Siding Populated Place Profile / Buffalo County, Wisconsin Data".
  3. "Bluff Siding - Ghost Town".
  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. 45.
  5. "W440 Bluff Siding Road, Fountain City, WI, USA 54629".
  6. "Google Maps".

44°04′17″N91°37′05″W / 44.07139°N 91.61806°W / 44.07139; -91.61806


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