Outagamie County, Wisconsin

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Outagamie (pronounced /ˌaʊtəˈɡæmi/) is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton.^[1] As of the 2000 census, its population was 160,971.

Outagamie County, along with neighboring Calumet County, forms the Appleton, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Outagamie County is also part of the Appleton-Neenah-Oshkosh Combined Statistical Area, along with adjacent Winnebago County.

• 1 History
• 2 Geography
  • 2.1 Major highways
• 3 Demographics
• 4 Cities, Villages, and Towns
• 5 Adjacent counties
• 6 References
• 7 External links

History

"Outagamie," an Anishinaabe term for the Meskwaki (Fox) Indians, translates to "dwellers of other shore" or "dwellers on the other side of the stream."^[2]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 644 square miles (1,668 km²), of which 640 square miles (1,658 km²) is land and 4 square miles (10 km²) is water.

Major highways

• U.S. Highway 41
• U.S. Highway 45
• Wisconsin Highway 15
• Wisconsin Highway 29
• Wisconsin Highway 32
• Wisconsin Highway 47
• Wisconsin Highway 54

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