Miloma, Minnesota

Miloma
Unincorporated community
Miloma in 2014
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Coordinates: 43°45′46″N95°22′06″W / 43.76278°N 95.36833°W / 43.76278; -95.36833
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Jackson
Township	La Crosse
Elevation [1]	1,431 ft (436 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	507
GNIS feature ID	654830 [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. 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.