Pickett is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Winnebago County,

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, United States. Situated in the southwestern part of the county Pickett is located on

Wisconsin Highway 44 State Trunk Highway 44 (often called Highway 44, STH-44 or WIS 44) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in a diagonal southwest–northeast direction in east-central Wisconsin from Pardeeville to Oshkosh. ...

between

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and Oshkosh, in the town of Utica. Pickett has a

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with ZIP code 54964.

History

The community was originally named along with its post office as Welaunee or Weelaunee in May 1850, however it was later renamed Pickett's Station after

Armine Pickett Armine Pickett (July 10, 1800April 25, 1875) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first white settler in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and the namesake of Pickett, Wisconsin. He also served one ...

, an early settler and land owner who also served in the

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during the early 1860s. The name change to Pickett's Station occurred in the 1870s, with the completion of construction of the railroad. Finally, the name was changed to present-day Pickett in the year 1883.

Images

File:PickettWisconsinEntranceWIS44.jpg, Looking south File:PickettWisconsinWelcomeSignWIS44.jpg, Welcome sign

References

Unincorporated communities in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{WinnebagoCountyWI-geo-stub