Winona, Minnesota
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Clockwise from top-left: the Empire Builder at Winona station, Merchants National Bank, Sugar Loaf, Watkins Incorporated, Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Krueger Library, East Second Street Historic Commercial District, and Garvin Heights City Park.
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| Nickname(s): The Island City | |
 Location of the city of Winona within Winona County in the state of Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 44°3′N 91°38′W / 44.050°N 91.633°WCoordinates: 44°3′N 91°38′W / 44.050°N 91.633°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Winona |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor - Council |
| • Mayor | Mark F. Peterson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.13 sq mi (62.50 km2) |
| • Land | 18.84 sq mi (48.80 km2) |
| • Water | 5.29 sq mi (13.70 km2) |
| Elevation | 655*–1,247** ft (200*–380** m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 27,592 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 27,094 |
| • Density | 1,464.5/sq mi (565.4/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP codes | 55987 |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| FIPS code | 27-71032 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0654269 |
| Website | City of Winona |
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Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the state of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, said to have been the first-born daughter of Chief Wapasha (Wabasha) III. The population was 27,592 at the 2010 census.
The city of Winona began on the site of a Native American village named Keoxa. The seat of the Wapasha dynasty, Keoxa was home to a Mdewakanton band of the eastern Sioux.
Non-Native Americans settled the area in 1851 and laid out the town into lots in 1852 and 1853. The original settlers were Yankee immigrants from New England. The population increased from 815 in December, 1855, to 3,000 in December, 1856. In 1856 German immigrants arrived as well. The Germans and the Yankees worked together planting trees and building businesses based on lumber, wheat, steamboating and railroads. For a time, Winona had more millionaires than any other city of its size in the United States.
The railroad and steamboat transportation industries helped Winona grow into a small city that diversified into wheat milling, and lumber production. In 1856, over 1,300 steamboats stopped at Winona. The railway system grew and the Winona Railway Bridge, built of steel and iron with a steam-powered swingspan over the river, was the second railway bridge to span the Mississippi. The first train crossed on July 4, 1891 and the bridge served the Green Bay & Western (GBW) and Burlington Route for the next 94 years until it was closed in 1985 and dismantled in the fall of 1990. In 1892, a wagon toll-bridge over the Mississippi, a steel high-bridge, was completed and remained in service until 1942.
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