McKinley is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was around 408 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Jump River is located partially in the town.
The McKinley town hall is on the National Register of Historic Places because it was designed by noted Prairie School architects Purcell & Elmslie.
Town of McKinley town hall in about 1920
Terrain in the north and west is fairly flat, but the southeast is rolling hills. The town's economy is shifting from dairy to growing corn and soybeans.
Jump River (town), Wisconsin
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Jump River is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 275 at the 2020 census. The town takes its name from the Jump River which flows through its northwestern corner. The
McKinley, Taylor County, Wisconsin
…of the larger town of Westboro, which had previously spanned the width of Taylor County. This McKinley included the present-day towns of McKinley and Jump River until 1923. Then the town of Jump River was split off, leaving McKinley with its present boundaries. Around 1904 McKinley gained a new connection to…
Looking upstream from the Highway 73 bridge