Hayton, Wisconsin

Last updated

Hayton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
HaytonWisconsinDowntownUS151.jpg
Downtown Hayton
USA Wisconsin location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Hayton
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Hayton
Coordinates: 44°01′21″N88°06′58″W / 44.02250°N 88.11611°W / 44.02250; -88.11611
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Calumet
Town Charlestown
Settled1840s
Elevation
830 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1566223 [1]

Hayton is an unincorporated community in the town of Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] It is located a few miles (kilometers) east of Chilton at the intersection of U.S. Route 151 and County T. [2]

Contents

Location

Sign for Hayton HaytonWisconsinSignUS151.jpg
Sign for Hayton

The Killsnake River, a fork of the Manitowoc River, flows eastward through the community. [2] It is dammed by a mill and the sediments have been contaminated by PCBs. [3]

History

Hayton was the first settlement on the Killsnake River. [4] It was settled in the 1840s by William Urmston and it was originally named Wallersville after one of the landowners before it was renamed Hayton. [4]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Hayton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Calumet County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Steuer, Jeffrey S.; et al. "Distribution and Transport of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Associated Particulates in the Hayton Millpond, South Branch Manitowoc River, Wisconsin, 1993–95" (PDF). USGS . Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Edens, Mrs. Dale (January 18, 1973). "Historical Insight". Chilton Times-Journal.
  5. ↑ 'Veteran Is Called-Was A Pioneer of Chilton Town,' Chilton Times, December 13, 1919
  6. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of William D. Carroll, pg. 220


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.