Hayton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
44°01′21″N 88°06′58″W / 44.02250°N 88.11611°W / 44.02250; -88.11611![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
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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]
Location
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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
- Jeremiah Wallace Baldock, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and farmer, lived in Hayton.[5]
- William D. Carroll, Wisconsin State Senator, was born in Hayton.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Hayton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b Calumet County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Edens, Mrs. Dale (January 18, 1973). "Historical Insight". Chilton Times-Journal.
- ^ 'Veteran Is Called-Was A Pioneer of Chilton Town,' Chilton Times, December 13, 1919
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of William D. Carroll, pg. 220
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Municipalities and communities of Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Chilton
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- Harrison‡
- Hilbert
- Potter
- Sherwood
- Stockbridge
- Brillion
- Brothertown
- Charlestown
- Chilton
- Harrison
- New Holstein
- Rantoul
- Stockbridge
- Woodville
- Brothertown
- Forest Junction
communities
- Harrison
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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