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Hayton, Wisconsin

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Calumet

Settled
  
1840s

Elevation
  
253 m

State
  
Wisconsin

Town
  
Charlestown

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Local time
  
Saturday 7:15 AM

Hayton, Wisconsin

Weather
  
1°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 92% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Hayton, WI 53014, USA

Location

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

History

Hayton was the first settlement on the Killsnake River. 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.

Notable people

  • Jeremiah Wallace Baldock, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and farmer, lived in Hayton.
  • William D. Carroll, Wisconsin State Senator, was born in Hayton.
  • References

    Hayton, Wisconsin Wikipedia