Hayton is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

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 U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. The southern terminus for US 151 is at a junction with Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa County, Iowa, and its northern termin ...

and County T.

Location

The

Killsnake River The Killsnake River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Branch of the ...

, a fork of the

Manitowoc River The Manitowoc River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It flows into Lake Michigan at the city of Ma ...

, 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 Jeremiah Wallace Baldock (March 11, 1842 – December 5, 1919) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Parma, Ohio, Baldock and his parents moved to Hayton, Wisconsin, in 1852, and then settled in the town of Chilton, Calumet County, ...

, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and farmer, lived in Hayton. * William D. Carroll, Wisconsin State Senator, was born in Hayton.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of William D. Carroll, pg. 220

References

Unincorporated communities in Calumet County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{CalumetCountyWI-geo-stub