Hunting, Wisconsin is a former unincorporated community of Shawano and Waupaca Counties, located in the towns of Belle Plaine and Matteson, along the north shore of the Embarrass River, United States.[1] Today little more remains of the community than the name of the road that traverses it: "Hunting Road."[2]
Hunting | |
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  Hunting Location within the state of Wisconsin  Hunting Hunting (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′44″N 88°40′58″W / 44.67889°N 88.68278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Shawano and Waupaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
History edit
A post office called Hunting was established in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] The community may have been named either in honor of a landowner named Hunting, or from the fact the area was a hunting ground, or both.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ "Hunting, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Hunting, Wisconsin
- ^ "Shawano County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 85.
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