Neenah, Wisconsin, is a city in Winnebago County, in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area, on the Fox River. The community name derives from the Winnebago tribal word for water. Understandably so, since the Fox Valley region surrounding Neenah is known for its abundance of natural and recreational lakes and rivers. Comfortably nestled along the shores of Lake Winnebago, Neenah is a friendly, spirited home town, where life is safe, comfortable, and secure. Residents and frequent guests enjoy the lifestyle of small town America amid the convenience of living in the Fox Cities metropolitan area, the fastest growing urban center in Wisconsin.

The City of Neenah began in 1835 as an industrial and agricultural mission for the Menominee Indians. Its early white settlement, attracted by the water power of the Fox river, started a few years later. This beginning was complicated by internal strife and the death of a major land owner. As a result, Neenah's growth lagged behind other villages in the area until after the Civil War. At that time clear titles, rail transportation and renewed economic vigor encouraged a boom in local industry. Neenah's role in Wisconsin's paper industry began during this period and resulted in the formation of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1872.

The phenomenal success of this and other later paper companies in the area produced a dichotomous social structure dominated by some of the most influential families in the Fox River Valley and the state. After World War I, industry turned from manufacturing commodities to products, creating more jobs and greater wealth. This continued industrial expansion provided Neenah with a stable economic environment throughout the Great Depression and created a strong professional middle class which ultimately has assumed community leadership.

The lighthouse on the shore of Lake Winnebago in Neenah, Wisconsin has stood for the last 50 years in a place where Indian Tribesman met for pow-wows 150 years ago at the mouth of the Fox River. The lighthouse site has historical significance to the City of Neenah because it was once the site of an enormous elm tree called the Old Council Tree by the Menominee Indians. The tribesmen would hold councils under its sheltering arms prior to the 1830's. The Old Council Tree stands today as the City's Logo. The famous Old Council Tree is no longer there having been torn down in the 1880's by the Federal Corps of Engineers when the river channel was dredged and widened. Today there is a marker there in commemoration of the Old Council Tree and the American Indians who met under its branches.

Just as Neenah's early settlers built a strong local economy by harnessing the energy of the Fox River, today the Neenah-Menasha area is ranked as one to the 50 largest manufacturing centers in the nation, led by a diversified mix of businesses dealing in paper products, printing, computer technology, flexible packaging, cast metals, insurance, finance, and health care. The City of Neenah's professional approach to attracting business has been recognized by Moody's Investors Service as a key factor in fueling local economic growth and building the area's financial strength. Strong collaborative efforts, through public/private partnerships, support such initiatives as economic development and community enrichment programs, as well as social, cultural, and recreational events for people of all ages.

For more information on activities in and around Neenah, Wisconsin, visit:

• Future Neenah
• Town of Neenah
• City of Neenah, WI
• Winnebago County, WI
• Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
• The State of Wisconsin
• Neenah, WI Real Estate Summary on IDCide (Local Info Data Server)
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• Neenah, WI on CityTownInfo.com
• Neenah, WI Google Map
• View Neenah, WI Area Jobs on Career Builder
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• Neenah, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.com
• Neenah, Wisconsin on epodunk

For more information on activities in and around the Fox Cities area in East Central Wisconsin visit:

• Leading Indicators for Life Excellence in the Fox Cities (LIFE)
• Fox River Mall
• Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
• Fox Cities Online
• Fox Cities of Wisconsin
• Barlow Planetarium
• Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)

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