Pine Creek, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Pine Creek, Wisconsin
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Trempealeau
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:768
Coordinates:44.1344°N -91.5269°W
Area Code:608
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1571425

Pine Creek is an unincorporated community located in the town of Dodge, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. Pine Creek is located on Pine Creek and County Highway G 9.6miles west-northwest of Galesville.[1]

History of Pine Creek

Early in the 1860s, Kaszubian Polish and Bohemian immigrants living in Winona, Minnesota began buying land across the Mississippi River in Trempealeau County.[2] The Pine Creek area was ideal because of its thick black soil and its advantageous proximity to Winona's markets and services.[3] The precise date of Pine Creek's establishment remains problematic but most accounts give 1862, which is also the year that Sacred Heart-Saint Wenceslaus Church was founded. Once the parish was formally established as part of the then-Roman Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee, a small community grew up around the church, including two or three taverns, a dance hall, and a general store. Although important in the history of the Kashubian diaspora, Pine Creek never became more than a small community due to the growth of the nearby town of Dodge, Wisconsin.

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Notes and References

  1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Trempealeau County. December 24, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120130222227/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/trempealeau.pdf. January 30, 2012.
  2. Web site: Foundation of Pine Creek – Bambenek.org. bambenek.org. en-US. 2017-07-21.
  3. http://www.polishroots.org/Research/History/winona_minn/tabid/250/Deafualtsort.aspx Polish Roots-Winona, Minnesota
  4. 'Martin D. Brom, Ex-Sheriff, Dies,' Winona Republican-Herald, February 27, 1954, pg. 7