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Tomah is a city in Monroe County in western Wisconsin, founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a city in 1883, though its city charter was not issued until 1894.

Tomah takes its name from Thomas Carron, a Green Bay trader who married into the Menominee tribe and became known as Chief Tomah.

Tomah had a population of 9,570 at the 2020 census, making it one of the larger small cities in west-central Wisconsin.

At the 2010 census, Tomah's 9,093 residents lived in 3,900 households, with an average household size of 2.25 people.

The Tomah Indian Industrial School opened in 1893 with six Ho-Chunk children as its first students and became the most significant Native American residential school in Wisconsin before closing in 1941.

Tomah is a regional transportation hub where Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 meet, along with U.S. Highway 12 and state highways 16, 21, and 131.

Amtrak's Empire Builder and Borealis trains both stop at Tomah station, giving the small city daily passenger rail service toward Chicago, St. Paul, and the West Coast.

Lake Tomah was created by damming the South Fork of the Lemonweir River on the west side of the city.

Tomah has three landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places: the old Tomah Post Office, the Tomah Public Library, and the Tomah Boy Scout Cabin.

The Tomah Area School District serves more than 3,000 students across seven elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, an alternative school, and a Montessori charter school.