Neenah, Wisconsin
Winnebago County
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Neenah is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Winnebago County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Neenah had 25 501 inhabitants.
Neenah is part of the Fox Cities metropolitan area mentioned.
Geography
Neenah is located in eastern Wisconsin on the northeast shore of Lake Winnebago and its outflow, the Fox River, which flows about 65 km north-east into Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 11'09 Neenah are " north latitude and 88 ° 27'45 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 24.9 km ².
Neighboring towns of Neenah Menasha are ( at the northern city limits ), Winnebago (14 km SSW ) and Oshkosh ( 20.9 km in the same direction).
The nearest big cities are Green Bay ( 63.4 km northeast ), Milwaukee (157 km south-southeast ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (159 km southwest).
Traffic
The four-lane U.S. Highway 41 runs north -south west of the center of Neenah. The Wisconsin State Highway 114 runs through the north of the city. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Meet in Neenah for freight traffic along several railway lines belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central.
With the Outagamie County Regional Airport is located 11.4 kilometers north-northwest of the nearest airport. The next airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (171 km south-southeast ), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (283 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 441 km west-northwest ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Neenah 25,501 people in 10,694 households. The population density was 1024.5 people per square kilometer. In the 10,694 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.7 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,168. The per capita income was $ 28,730. 8.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Charles B. Clark (1844-1891), entrepreneur (co-founder of Kimberly- Clark) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, lived in Neenah since his late childhood
- Kenneth John Conant (1894-1984), art historian, born in Neenah
- Samuel A. Cook (1849-1918), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, lived and died in Neenah
- Frank Bateman Keefe (1887-1952), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, lived and died in Neenah
- Harrison Reed (1813-1899), ninth Governor of Florida, co-founder of Neenah
- Reid Ribble (* 1956), since 2011 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was born in Neenah
Economy
In 1872 was founded in Neenah by the merger of several companies, the paper maker Kimberly- Clark. From this over the course of the following decades a global group has emerged that produces hygiene and medical products. Other paper manufacturers - not least also established the city's reputation as Paper City - were founded in Neenah and are still active here, such as Nenah Paper.
More companies are based in Neenah:
- Neenah Foundry ( Foundry )
- Plexus Corporation ( contract manufacturing electronic components)
- Bemis (packaging material made of paper and cardboard)