Welcome to Hunting ...

Hunting is located in Shawano County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunting, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Hunting is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hunting lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Hunting ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hunting.

• Shawano
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
  • Shawano is located in Shawano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
• Clintonville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
  • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
• Manawa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manawa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
  • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
• Iola
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Marion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Wittenberg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Tigerton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
  • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
• Gresham
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
  • Gresham is located in Shawano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
• Rosholt
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosholt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
  • Rosholt is located in Portage County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
• Bear Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
  • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people

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 Hunting. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunting.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hunting. 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 Hunting.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunting. See our Newspapers Page for Hunting.

Adding Hunting to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunting 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 Hunting was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hunting post office opened in 1880.

We also found Hunting in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunting.