Hayton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Downtown Hayton
Downtown Hayton
Hayton is located in Wisconsin
Hayton
Hayton
Hayton is located in the United States
Hayton
Hayton
Coordinates: 44°01′21″N 88°06′58″W / 44.02250°N 88.11611°W / 44.02250; -88.11611
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyCalumet
TownCharlestown
Settled1840s
Elevation
250 m (830 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
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]

Location

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. ^ a b "Hayton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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


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