Welcome to Hayton ...
Hayton is located in Calumet County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hayton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.
Hayton is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hayton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hayton: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Hayton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hayton.
- Kaukauna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kiel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Combined Locks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Howards Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- New Holstein
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Brillion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brillion have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reedsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hayton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hayton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hayton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hayton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hayton. See our Newspapers Page for Hayton.
Adding Hayton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hayton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hayton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Hayton post office opened in 1873.
We also found Hayton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hayton.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Calumet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hayton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Hayton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Hayton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |