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Rural (also Nepewan, Nepowan) 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
Dayton Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
, Waupaca County,
Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States.


Notable people

Rural was the home town of author and poet Margaret Ashmun (1885-1940) who was born in Rural. The Ashmun family home still stands in Rural. Wisconsin State Senator and lawyer
George Hudnall George B. Hudnall was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Hudnall was born on January 9, 1864, in Rural, Wisconsin. He lived on a farm until he was 24 years old, when he began teaching and took up the study of law. He g ...
(1864-1936) was also born in Rural. Rural was also the home town of Wisconsin state legislator Andrew R. Potts (1853-1932) who was born in Rural.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1917,' Biographical Sketch of Andrew R. Potts, pg. 512-513


Images

File:Rural_Wisconsin_Radley_House.JPG, The Radley House File:Rural_Wisconsin_Halfway_House_Stagecoach_Stop.JPG, Halfway House - served as a stagecoach stop File:Rural,_Wisconsin_The_Quint_House.JPG, The Quint House File:Rural_Wisconsin_Historical_Society.JPG, Rural Historical Society open Wednesdays and Sundays File:Weller Storefront 1898.jpg, Herbert Radley stands in front of the original building, a carpentry shop, which was built in 1898 over the mill race of the Crystal River so the current could generate power. The shop was moved across the road around 1901, was painted white, and became the General Store - Then known as The Rural Store. File:Rural_Wisconsin_Weller_Store_with_1960s_Addition_on_left.JPG, The Weller Store today - original 1800s building on right, 1960s addition on left. The oldest retail building in the Village of Rural File:RuralWisconsinRusticRoadR23.jpg,
Rustic Road Rustic may refer to: *Rural area *Pastoral Architecture * Rustication (architecture), a masonry technique mainly employed in Renaissance architecture * Rustic architecture, an informal architectural style in the United States and Canada with sever ...
R23 through Rural


Notes

Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Waupaca County, Wisconsin {{WaupacaCountyWI-geo-stub