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The name of the county is said to derive from a Dakota legend regarding a woman, referred to as Winona, who was betrothed to marry a warrior whom she did not love. Rather than marry him, she is said to have leapt to her death from a rock now called "Maiden's Rock" on Lake Pepin. This legend is colloquially referred to as the Winona legend.

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Cities Altura Dakota Elba Goodview La Crescent Lewiston Minneiska Minnesota City Rollingstone St. Charles Stockton Utica Winona (county seat) Census-designated place Homer Other unincorporated communities Beaver Bethany Centerville Clyde Crystal Spring Donehower Dresbach Fremont Lamoille Nodine Oakridge Pickwick Pine Creek Ridgeway Saratoga Troy Whitman Wilson Witoka Wyattville Ghost towns Ashton Enterprise Grover Whitewater Falls

Townships Dresbach Elba Fremont Hart Hillsdale Homer Mount Vernon New Hartford Norton Pleasant Hill Richmond Rollingstone Saratoga St. Charles Utica Warren Whitewater Wilson Wiscoy Maidens Rock on Lake Pepin

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