Wasioja

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Wasioja MN 55927
United States
44° 2' 27.186" N, 92° 52' 39.5904" W
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Wasioja is in Dodge County WASIOJA Township, settled in October 1854, organized in 1858, bears the Dakota name of the Zumbro River, spelled Wazi Oju on Joseph N. Nicollet's map in 1843. It is translated as "Pine river " by Nicollet and is defined as meaning "pine clad." Large white pines, far west of their general geographic range, grow on the Zumbro bluffs in the east part of this township, as also in Mantorville, and at Pine Island in Goodhue County. The village of Wasioja, section 13, was platted May 24, 1856. It had a station of the Chicago Great Western Railroad and a post office, 1856-1911. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.