Nutt, Wisconsin Explained

Settlement Type:Former hamlet
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Wisconsin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Douglas
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Brule
Extinct Title:Disestablished
Unit Pref:US
Population As Of:1898
Population Total:50
Population Density Sq Mi:auto

Nutt, Wisconsin was a hamlet along the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in Brule township, in Douglas County, Wisconsin. There was a post office there as of 1895.[1] In the 1898 Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce, it is listed as having a population of 50, and is described as follows:

It has a sawmill and a general store.[2]
As of 1915, the post office there had been discontinued.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1895 "Wisconsin Post Offices," in: Casson, Henry, ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1895, Madison: Compiled and Published Under Direction of Henry Casson. Secretary of State; p. 415
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=PwQwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA240 Turner, Lura J., Joseph M. Turner and Paul Samuel Reinsch. Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce. L. J. Turner and J. M. Turner, 1898; p. 223
  3. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1915 "Post Offices Discontinued. Wisconsin." in: Industrial Commission of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1915 Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1915; p. 179