Editing Winnebago, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Winnebago was originally called Winnebago City, and under the latter name was laid out in 1856.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA197 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=197}}</ref> The city was named after the [[Winnebago Indians]],<ref name="history" /> who had recently been moved to a reservation nearby from a location further north near [[Long Prairie, Minnesota|Long Prairie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaties with the Winnebago |url=https://www.nps.gov/efmo/learn/historyculture/upload/Appendix-E-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209164042/https://www.nps.gov/efmo/learn/historyculture/upload/Appendix-E-1.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |url-status=live |website=nps.gov |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> A post office was established as Winnebago City in 1857, and "city" was dropped from the name in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Faribault&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Faribault County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref>

The first rail service came to Winnebago in 1871, when the Southern Minnesota Railroad completed its line to the town. Winnebago was the western terminus of the line until 1878, when it was extended to the west,<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnebago History |url=https://www.winnebagoareamuseum.org/history |website=Winnebago Area Museum |publisher=Winnebago Area Museum |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> reaching the state border at [[Airlie, Minnesota|Airlie]] in 1880.<ref name=NRHPRAIL>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=Andrew J |last2=Pratt |first2=Daniel R |last3=Vermeer |first3=Andrea C |last4=Bradley |first4=Betsy H |title=Railroads in Minnesota, 1862–1956 |url=https://mn.gov/admin/assets/Railroads%20in%20Minnesota%20MPDF_tcm36-445059.pdf |website=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> That same year, the Southern Minnesota Railroad was absorbed into the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), more commonly known as the [[Milwaukee Road]].<ref name=NRHPRAIL/>