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Village & Township of Coloma
History & Miscellaneous Information

Last updated December 31, 2008
 

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History

From the Portait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin - Acme Publishing Co. 1890

(Coloma Town)

This is the western of the southern tier of towns of Waushara County, and is considered a good agricultural town. In common with Hancock and Plainfield, its companion towns in the western tier of towns, it enjoys the advantages of railway facilities, the Wisconsin Central crossing east of the center in a north and south direction, with a station named for the town, Coloma. Hancock is the town lying south of Coloma; Rickford is to the east, Marquette County is to the south, and Adams County is to the west. There are no streams worthy of note in this town, and only one small body of water, lying mostly in section 33, on its southern boundary. The Mecan River may be said to have its source in the northeast section of Coloma.

(Coloma Village)

Coloma is a hamlet of about fifty people, in this town, seventeen miles west of Wautoma, twelve miles south of Plainfield and a little less than four miles west of Coloma Station. It was settled in 1850. Here are the steam, feed and saw-mills of J. W. Smith, the hotel of T.B. Smith, and the general store of J.F. Spaulding, W.T. Bishop and Elias Follett.

(Coloma Station)

Nearly four miles east of Coloma, has a population of 150. It was settled in 1858, after the coming of the railroad and contains a church and a district school, besides the general stores of S. Dulin, E. Exner, Smith Brothers, and Mrs. J.A. Smith, the hardware store of C.P. Schmudlock, the harness shop of H.W. Gibbs, and blacksmiths, wheel-wrights, and other small mechanics shops.

Miscellaneous History

Coloma was once known as Coloma Corners. First settled 1849-50. The town was also once part of Adario (now called Richford) and Sylvester (now named Hancock) It was also called
Ross Corners at one time.

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