Official Name: | Carter, Wisconsin |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Forest |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 1516 |
Coordinates: | 45.3906°N -88.6278°W |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1578953 |
Carter is an unincorporated community in the town of Wabeno in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. WIS 32 travels north-south through the community.
A post office was established as Carter in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[2] The community was named for John Carpenter, a settler who built the first house.[3]
In 1992, Potawatomi Casino and Hotel was built. [4]