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On February 23, 1854, the legislature created Winona County, with the village of Winona as county seat. The county name was taken from the village name, which is said to derive from a Dakota legend about a woman, Winona, (a relative of Chief Wabasha) who was betrothed to a warrior she did not love. Rather than marry him, she jumped to her death from a rock on Lake Pepin now called "Maiden's Rock". This is known as the Winona legend.

Adjacent Counties

• Wabasha County
• Buffalo County, Wisconsin
• Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
• La Crosse County, Wisconsin
• Houston County
• Fillmore County
• Olmsted County

Cities

• Altura
• Dakota
• Elba
• Goodview
• La Crescent (part)
• Lewiston
• Minneiska (part)
• Minnesota City
• Rollingstone
• St. Charles
• Stockton
• Utica
• Winona (County Seat)

Towns, Townships & Communities

Ashton | Beaver | Bethany | Centerville | Clyde | Donehower | Dresbach | Enterprise | Fremont | Grover | Hart | Hillsdale | Homer | Lamoille | Mount Vernon | New Hartford | Nodine | Norton | Oakridge | Pickwick | Pine Creek | Richmond | Ridgeway | Saratoga | Troy | Warren | Whitewater Falls | Whitman | Wilson | Wiscoy | Witoka | Wyattville

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Minnesota

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

National Register of Historic Places

Winona County Historical Society

MN Gen Web

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