Bluff Siding, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

44°04′17″N 91°37′05″W / 44.07139°N 91.61806°W / 44.07139; -91.61806Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyBuffaloTownBuffaloElevation

208 m (682 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code608GNIS feature ID1561981^[1]

Bluff Siding or Atlanta Station is an unincorporated community located in the town of Buffalo, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Bluff Siding, a siding on the Chicago and North Western Railway, was named from rocky bluffs near the town site.^[4]

Education

Bluff Siding is part of the Cochrane-Fountain City School District.^[5]

Transportation

Bluff Siding, Wisconsin is located northeast of Winona, Minnesota on Wisconsin Highway 35 and Wisconsin Highway 54 on the Great River Road. Bluff Siding is 2.2 miles from Winona, Minnesota.^[6]

Notable people

Steve Drazkowski, Minnesota politician, grew up on a farm in Bluff Siding.

Images

George's Lounge in Bluff Siding
Alliance Bank of Buffalo, facing east
The Wine House liquor store
Mary Moe's Bar and Grill on Bluff Siding road
Town of Buffalo, Town Hall in Bluff Siding

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Bluff Siding". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Bluff Siding Populated Place Profile / Buffalo County, Wisconsin Data".
^ "Bluff Siding - Ghost Town".
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 45.
^ "W440 Bluff Siding Road, Fountain City, WI, USA 54629".
^ "Google Maps".