Calumetville, Wisconsin

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Calumetville, Wisconsin
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Calumetville
Coordinates: 43°56′10″N88°18′12″W / 43.93611°N 88.30333°W / 43.93611; -88.30333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
Counties Fond du Lac, Calumet
Towns Calumet, Brothertown
Elevation
244 m (801 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip codes
53049, 53014
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1562524 [1]

Calumetville is an unincorporated community that straddles the county line between Calumet and Fond du Lac counties in Wisconsin. [2] The main part of the community in Fond du Lac County lies in the town of Calumet, and the part in Calumet County lies in the town of Brothertown.

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Calumetville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 151 and County Highway HHH. Route 151 was once an old military road running from Fond du Lac to Green Bay. Lake Winnebago lies less than one mile to the west. Pipe lies 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south, and Brothertown is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the north.

Local attractions

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2012 Vintage Steel show

Cedar Lodge is a very popular restaurant which draws customers from the surrounding area.

Calumetville hosts an annual vintage gas and steam engine show which is held at the RS Vintage Steel grounds. [3] The event features rock crushing, threshing, log-sawing, and blacksmithing. Photographs showing the local history of the area are also displayed.

History

The community first settled and platted by George White in 1838. White's home was one of the first three election sites in Fond du Lac County. [4] At its height, Calumetville rivaled Fond du Lac as a commercial center. There had been a butcher, a doctor or two, a reception hall, a post office, a couple harness shops, a couple blacksmiths, a hotel, a Turner Hall, and a school. In the 1950s and 1960s there had been two grocery & hardware stores, two gas stations, and two taverns.

In 2009 during a road construction project on Highway 151 in Calumetville, human bones were found. The bones are of a young adult and are believed to be part of an ancient burial site. Construction was delayed to allow for additional excavation of the burial site. [5]

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Looking north at the portion in Calumet County

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. Calumetville, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society
  3. RS Vintage Steel Steam and Gas Engine Show, Retrieved October 10, 2007
  4. [A.T. Glaze, Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present . Fond du Lac: P.B. Haber Printing Co., 1905 p. 261 History of Fond du Lace County, Wisconsin]
  5. "Human bones found". Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2011.