Tomah, Wisconsin Downtown Tomah Downtown Tomah Tomah is positioned in Wisconsin Tomah - Tomah Location inside the state of Wisconsin State Wisconsin Tomah is a town/city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
The town/city is surrounded by the Town of Tomah and the Town of La Grange.
Much of the city's commercial, retail, and residentiary evolution over the last 40 years has occurred in the northern half of the town/city at a substantial distance from the city's downtown.
Tomah Wisconsin downtown Downtown Tomah, Wisconsin, looking south on Superior Avenue Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a town/city in 1883 but the charter was not issued until 1894. Tomah is titled after Thomas Carron (ca.
1752 1817), a trader at Green Bay who had integrated into the Menominee tribe. The Menominees pronounced the name Tomah or Tomau and he became known as Chief Tomah.
Tomah was adopted as the name for the settlement in Monroe County on the unsubstantiated belief that Chief Tomah had once held a tribal gathering in the area. Tomah has two landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places: the old Tomah Post Office at 903 Superior Avenue and the Tomah Public Library at 716 Superior Avenue.
Tomah is positioned on the South Fork of the Lemonweir River, a chief tributary of the Lemonweir River, which is a large tributary of the lower Wisconsin River.
The river is impounded on the west side of the city, forming Lake Tomah.
The town/city is at the boundary between the hills of the Driftless Area in southwest Wisconsin and the flat, sandy, poorly drained ancient bed of Glacial Lake Wisconsin extending to the north and east of the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.86 square miles (20.36 km2), of which, 7.46 square miles (19.32 km2) is territory and 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2) is water. There were 3,900 homeholds of which 31.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 38.3% were married couples residing together, 13.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Tomah is a county-wide transit hub because of its locale where Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 diverge, with Interstate 90 closing west to La Crosse, Wisconsin and Interstate 94 heading north to Eau Claire, Wisconsin and the Twin Cities.
Tomah-Sparta Raceway (formerly known as Veterans Raceway and Excalibur Speedway) is a 3/8 mile asphalt oval track positioned about 3 miles (5 km) west of Tomah on WIS 21. Tomah is served by an Amtrak Station on the Empire Builder route.
Bloyer Field airport (Y72) serves the town/city and is positioned 1 mile east of Tomah.
Tomah Senior High Tomah Senior High School in 2006 Tomah is served by the Tomah Area School District, which has more than 3,000 pupils.
The precinct administers seven elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, an alternative school, and a Montessori Public Charter School (grades 4 - K-3).
Tomah Area Montessori School (grades 4 - K-3) Tomah Middle School (grades 6-8) Tomah High School (grades 9-12) There are two private schools in Tomah: Queen of the Apostles (grades 4 - K-8) and St.
Four community care facilities are positioned in Tomah: Tomah Memorial Hospital, a Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Lake Tomah Clinic of Franciscan Skemp Mayo Health System, and the Tomah Clinic of Gundersen Lutheran. Tomah has 11 parks, a citywide recreation trail, and an aquatic center.
The Tomah Parks and Recreation Department administers recreational programs for youth and grownups.
Adelbert Bleekman, Wisconsin State Senator Herbert Eugene Bolton, Spanish borderlands scholar and director of the Bancroft Library, graduated from Tomah High School Erwin, Wisconsin State Senator Henry, attorney and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Hinckley, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Miles Hineman, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Mittness, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Charles Quigg, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and physician Ed Thompson, mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, State Senate candidate Thorp, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly James Tormey, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Historical Society.
"Tomah, Wisconsin - A Brief History".
"An act to incorporate the City of Tomah" (PDF).
"National Register Digital Assets: Tomah Post Office".
"National Register Digital Assets: Tomah Public Library".
Welcome to the Tomah VA Medical Center 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1970,' Biographical Sketch of Kyle Kenyon, p.
'Wisconsin Blue Book 1893,' Biographical Sketch of Charles Quigg, p.
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