Calumetville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 that straddles the county line between Calumet

Calumet County, Wisconsin

Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is included in the Appleton, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the county's population was 48,971. The county seat is Chilton.-History:...

 and Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 97,296. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Fond du Lac County. The county name is French for "bottom of the...

 counties in Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. The main part of the village in Fond du Lac County lies in the Town of Calumet, Wisconsin

Calumet, Wisconsin

Calumet is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Calumetville, Garnet, Johnsburg, Marytown, and Pipe are located within the town.-History:...

 and that part in Calumet County lies in the Town of Brothertown, Wisconsin

Brothertown, Wisconsin

Brothertown is a town in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,404 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Brothertown, Charlesburg, Eckers Lakeland, Jericho, Maple Heights, and Quinney are located in the town...

.

Calumetville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 151

U.S. Route 151

U.S. Route 151 is a U.S. Highway that runs through the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. The southern terminus for U.S. 151 is at a junction with Interstate 80 in Iowa County, Iowa, and its northern terminus is at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The route, from south to north follows a northeasterly path through...

 and County Highway HHH. Route 151 was once an old military road running from Fond du Lac to Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin

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. Lake Winnebago

Lake Winnebago

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 lies less than one mile to the west. Pipe

Pipe, Wisconsin

Pipe, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Pipe is located approximately one mile east of Lake Winnebago. Its name comes from a translation of the Menomonee name for the area: Calumet.-History:...

 lies 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south, and Brothertown

Brothertown, Wisconsin

Brothertown is a town in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,404 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Brothertown, Charlesburg, Eckers Lakeland, Jericho, Maple Heights, and Quinney are located in the town...

 is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the north.

Local attractions

Though small, the village has two restaurants located in it. Cedar Lodge is a very popular restaurant which draws customers from the surrounding area. Talk of the Town has a more limited and simpler menu. Both had been former taverns dating to the village's early history.

Calumetville hosts an annual vintage gas and steam engine

Steam engine

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 show which is held at the RS Vintage Steel grounds. The event features rock crushing, threshing

Threshing

Threshing is the process of loosening the edible part of cereal grain from the scaly, inedible chaff that surrounds it. It is the step in grain preparation after harvesting and before winnowing, which separates the loosened chaff from the grain...

, log-sawing, and blacksmith

Blacksmith

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ing. Photographs showing the local history of the area are also displayed.

History

The community first settled and platted by George White in 1838. White's home was one of the first three election sites in Fond du Lac County. At its height, Calumetville rivaled Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for bottom of the lake, for it is located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census...

as a commercial center. There had been a butcher, a doctor or two, a reception hall, a post office, a couple harness shops, a couple blacksmiths, a hotel, a Turner Hall, and a school. In the 1950s and 1960s there had been two grocery & hardware stores, two gas stations, and two taverns.

In 2009 during a road construction project on Highway 151 in Calumetville, human bones were found. The bones are of a young adult and are believed to be part of an ancient burial site. Construction was delayed to allow for additional excavation of the burial site.