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Arnott is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stockton, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]^[2] It is situated at the intersection of County Hwys. B and J.

History

In 1872, the Green Bay and Western Railroad laid tracks through a portion of what is now Arnott. During 1881 and 1882, William Arnott, Joseph Bremmer, and Calvin Richmond canvassed the countryside raising money to build a railroad depot.^[3] The depot, and the settlement around it, was 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.^[4]

Geography

Arnott is located in central Wisconsin approximately four miles east of Plover, four miles south-south west 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,^[5] a former railroad grade turned into 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

Notes

^ "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.
^ http://co.portage.wi.us/parks/tomorrowRiverTrail.shtm "Tomorrow River Rails to Trails"

44°27′26″N 89°26′48″W / 44.45722°N 89.44667°W / 44.45722; -89.44667

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[1] "Arnott, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] Hometownlocator.com-Arnott, Wisconsin

[3] Sharon Zimmerman. Article in Stevens Point Daily Journal, September 14, 1882.

[4] "How the Village of Arnott got its name", Stevens Point Daily Journal, September 23, 1882.

[5] ttp://co.portage.wi.us/parks/tomorrowRiverTrail.shtm "Tomorrow River Rails to Trails"

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Stevens Point
City	Stevens Point
Villages	Almond Amherst Amherst Junction Junction City Milladore‡ Nelsonville Park Ridge Plover Rosholt Whiting
Towns	Alban Almond Amherst Belmont Buena Vista Carson Dewey Eau Pleine Grant Hull Lanark Linwood New Hope Pine Grove Plover Sharon Stockton
CDPs	Bancroft Polonia
Other communities	Alban Arnott Badger Blaine Casimir Coddington Custer Dopp Ellis Esker Fancher Garfield Heffron‡ Jordan Keene Kellner‡ Little Waupon Meehan Mill Creek Community North Star Rocky Run Stockton Torun West Almond West Bancroft
Former community	Lake Emily
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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