Arnott, Wisconsin
History
In 1872, the Green Bay and Western Railroad laid tracks through a portion of Arnott. During 1881 and 1882, William Arnott, Joseph Bremmer, and Calvin Richmond canvassed the countryside, raising money to build a railroad depot. The depot and the settlement around it were named after Arnott, a local farmer who served as chairman of the town of Stockton and the Portage County Board and who was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1876.
Geography
Arnott is located in central Wisconsin, approximately four miles east of Plover, four miles south-southwest of Custer, and seven miles west of Amherst (Lat: 44° 27' 26.0", Lon: -89° 26' 48.5").
Economy
Arnott has one tavern, a feed mill, a lawn equipment dealer, and an egg roll factory. It is a stopover for the Tomorrow River Trail, a former railroad grade turned into a walking path and snowmobile trail.
Arnott is near the Wimme Sand & Gravel Pit, Milestone Materials' gravel pit, American Asphalt's Custer Road plant, and a traffic safety/road marking company.
Notable people
- Charles Page, philanthropist
References
- ^ "Arnott, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Hometownlocator.com-Arnott, Wisconsin
- ^ Sharon Zimmerman. Article in Stevens Point Daily Journal, September 14, 1882.
- ^ "How the Village of Arnott got its name", Stevens Point Daily Journal, September 23, 1882.
- ^ "Portage County, WI - Tomorrow River State Trail". Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2009. "Tomorrow River Rails to Trails"
External links
Media related to Arnott, Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons
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