Hunting, Wisconsin

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
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°40′44″N 88°40′58″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Shawano and Waupaca
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

History

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]