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Tomah High School Football Field
Tomah is the name of places in the US state of Wisconsin: *Tomah, Wisconsin, city *Tomah (town), Wisconsin Tomah is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2000 census. It lies adjacent to the city of Tomah. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.5 squa ..., town * Tomah (Amtrak station), an Amtrak station in Tomah, Wisconsin {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomah, Wisconsin
Tomah is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,570 as of the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Tomah and the Town of La Grange. History Tomah was founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a city in 1883, but the charter was not issued until 1894. It is named 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. In 1891, construction began in Tomah for a Native American residential school funded by the federal government. The Tomah Indian Industrial School opened in 1893 with six Ho-Chunk children as its first students and would become the most significant residential school in Wisconsin. The curriculum was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomah (town), Wisconsin
Tomah is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2000 census. It lies adjacent to the city of Tomah. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.5 square miles (81.6 km2), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,194 people, 428 households, and 338 families residing in the town. The population density was 37.9 people per square mile (14.6/km2). There were 445 housing units at an average density of 14.1 per square mile (5.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.49% White, 0.92% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.67% Asian, and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 428 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
