Minertown-Oneva

Minertown-Oneva, also known as Minertown, in Forest County, Wisconsin is a historic logging camp built in the early 1900s by Wilbur and Henry T. Miner.[1] It's in the vicinity of Carter, Wisconsin.

Minertown-Oneva
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Abandoned general store in 1939
Location	State Trunk Hwy. 32, vicinity of Carter, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°22′56.62″N 88°37′32.02″W
Area	43.5 acres (17.6 ha)[1]
NRHP reference No.	09001315[2]
Added to NRHP	May 4, 2010[2]

According to the National Park Service:

In 1899, brothers Wilbur and Henry T. Miner from Vernon County, WI, purchased a 4,000 acre tract in Forest County, Wisconsin, where they constructed a sawmill and related settlement known as Minertown. The settlement included a boarding house and company store for those employed by the Miner Lumber Company, as well as a planing mill, roundhouse, depot, store, a blacksmith shop, a cook shanty, several small four-room houses, and a barn. In 1931, the mill was destroyed by fire and the remaining community was subsequently abandoned. Today, the Minertown-Oneva site is significant for its potential to provide information relevant to late nineteenth century settlement of Forest County, as well as the history of Wisconsin's hardwood logging era.[3]

The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2010.[2] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of May 28, 2010.[4]