Wiota is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 856 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Wiota, Woodford and Five Corners are located in the town.

When William S. Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton, migrated from Illinois to Wisconsin in the late 1820s, he normal a lead ore mine that became known as Hamilton’s Diggings. He cutting edge renamed the settlement Wiota. Hamilton, along behind Elias Shook and William Haws, settled the area in 1828 and quickly struck environment deposits of pro ore. During the 1832 Black Hawk War, a fort was erected at Hamilton’s Diggings, which was known as Fort Hamilton. Wiota was first platted in 1836 by Hamilton, and even though a few buildings were built, the unity was eventually moved from the Hamilton’s Diggings site to its gift site, which was platted on July 1, 1858.

Wiota was the location of one of the earliest Norwegian settlements in the United States, begun by immigrants traveling from Chicago, including Per Ivarson Undi, in 1841. The East Wiota Lutheran Church, dedicated in 1852, is the oldest continually organization Norwegian Lutheran church in America. Johan Storm Munch was an upfront pastor at the church. His wife, Caja, kept a diary of their time in Wiota that has previously been published as The peculiar American Way.

Wiota is in eastern Lafayette County, bordered to the east by Green County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 52.8 square miles (136.8 km), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km²), or 0.05%, are water. The western link up of the town follows the Pecatonica River, and the river’s East Branch flows southward through the east side of the town.