Rural, Wisconsin
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Rural (also Nepewan, Nepowan) is an unincorporated community in the Town of Dayton, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.{{cite gnis|1572728|Rural, Wisconsin}}
History
Starting in 1851, Yankee settlers were drawn to the area by its potential for milling using the Crystal River. Until the mid-1870s many settled in the area building Greek Revival styled houses on a semi grid pattern hoping that the expansion of the railroad would follow the well traveled path between Berlin and Stevens Point and provide and economic boom for the town. When it bypassed Rural for Waupaca to the north economic growth stopped and no new houses were built for 40 years.
Notable people
Rural was the home town of author and poet Margaret Ashmun (1885-1940) who was born in Rural.{{Cite web|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AWI|title=State of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries|website=search.library.wisc.edu}} The Ashmun family home still stands in Rural.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainstreet-marketplace.com/Pages/Waupaca/houses%20of%20waupaca.htm|title=Main Street Market Place-Downtown Waupaca}} Wisconsin State Senator and lawyer George Hudnall (1864-1936) was also born in Rural.Wisconsin Blue Book 1907,' Biographical Sketch of George Hudall, pg. 1097 Rural was also the birthplace and home town of Wisconsin state legislator Andrew R. Potts (1853-1932).'Wisconsin Blue Book 1917,' Biographical Sketch of Andrew R. Potts, pg. 512-513
Historic houses
Rural has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. There are 15 of buildings contributing to the listing along with various structures and bridges.{{Cite web| title=National Register of Historic Places - Rural on the Crystal Hist. Dist. | url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/c621c283-baa5-4f8f-80b2-68dc7426b49b | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215020853/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/c621c283-baa5-4f8f-80b2-68dc7426b49b | archive-date=2020-02-15}}
Images
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|File:Rural, Wisconsin store.jpg|Weller Store in Rural, Wisconsin
|File:Rural welcome sign2.jpg|Rural, Wisconsin welcome sign
|File:Crystal River Inn, Rural, Wisconsin.jpg|Crystal River Inn Bed & Breakfast in Rural
|File:Rural historic building.jpg|The Radley House - Part of the Rural on the Crystal Historic District
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File:Rural_Wisconsin_Radley_House.JPG|The Radley House
File:Rural_Wisconsin_Halfway_House_Stagecoach_Stop.JPG|Halfway House - served as a stagecoach stop
File:Rural,_Wisconsin_The_Quint_House.JPG|The Quint House
File:Rural_Wisconsin_Historical_Society.JPG|Rural Historical Society open Wednesdays and Sundays
File:Weller Storefront 1898.jpg|Herbert Radley stands in front of the original building, a carpentry shop, which was built in 1898 over the mill race of the Crystal River so the current could generate power. The shop was moved across the road around 1901, was painted white, and became the General Store - Then known as The Rural Store.
File:Rural_Wisconsin_Weller_Store_with_1960s_Addition_on_left.JPG|The Weller Store today - original 1800s building on right, 1960s addition on left. The oldest retail building in the Village of Rural
File:RuralWisconsinRusticRoadR23.jpg|Rustic Road R23 through Rural
Notes
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Category:Unincorporated communities in Waupaca County, Wisconsin
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