Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin Clockwise from top left: Downtown Appleton Skyline, Main Hall (Lawrence University), Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, History Museum at the Castle, Appleton War Memorial: Soldiers Square Clockwise from top left: Downtown Appleton Skyline, Main Hall (Lawrence University), Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, History Museum at the Castle, Appleton War Memorial: Soldiers Square Location of Appleton inside Wisconsin Location of Appleton inside Wisconsin Location of Appleton in Outagamie County, Wisconsin Location of Appleton in Outagamie County, Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin is positioned in the US Appleton, Wisconsin - Appleton, Wisconsin State Wisconsin Appleton is a town/city in Outagamie (mostly), Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S.
State of Wisconsin.
One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles (160 km) north of Milwaukee.
Appleton is the governmental center of county of Outagamie County.
Appleton is the principal town/city of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is encompassed in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin Combined Statistical Area.
The town/city possesses the two tallest buildings in Outagamie County, the Zuelke Building and 222 Building, at 168 and 183 feet, in the order given.
Appleton serves as the heart of the Fox River Valley, and is home to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Fox River Mall, Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, Appleton International Airport, and the Valley's two primary hospitals: St.
The Fox Cities Exhibition Center is presently under assembly in downtown Appleton. 8.2 Companies headquartered in Appleton Fur traders seeking to do company with Fox River Valley Native Americans were the first European pioneer in Appleton.
Appleton was settled in 1847 and incorporated as a village in 1853.
Home to Lawrence University, Appleton interval along with the school.
Samuel Appleton, Lawrence's father-in-law from New England who never attended Wisconsin, donated $10,000 to the newly established college library, and his name was given to the improve in appreciation. In 1890, 11,869 citizens lived in Appleton; in 1900, there were 15,085; in 1910, 16,773; in 1920, 19,571; and in 1940, 28,436.
The paper industry, beginning with the building of the first paper foundry in the town/city in 1853, has been at the forefront of the evolution of Appleton.
Shortly after that, in August 1886, Appleton was the site for another nationwide first, the operation of a commercially prosperous electric streetcar company.
Appleton also had the first telephone in Wisconsin, and the first incandescent light in any town/city outside of the East Coast. Appleton's tallest building, the 222 Building was assembled in 1952. The Valley Fair Shopping Center, assembled in 1954, laid claim to being the first enclosed shopping mall in the United States, although this claim is disputed by other malls.
Loewen, in his book Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism labeled Appleton a sundown town a town that was intentionally all white.
Found that Appleton had the highest rate of self-reported binge and heavy drinking in the country. Appleton is positioned at 44 16 N 88 24 W (44.278819, -88.392625). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.82 square miles (64.28 km2), of which, 24.33 square miles (63.01 km2) is territory and 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2) is water. Appleton has a humid continental climate typical of Wisconsin.
A dew point of 90 F was observed at Appleton at 5 p.m.
Climate data for Appleton Location of the Appleton Oshkosh Neenah CSA and its components: Appleton Metropolitan Travel Destination Appleton is the principal town/city of the Appleton Oshkosh Neenah CSA, a Combined Travel Destination which contains the Appleton (Calumet and Outagamie counties) and Oshkosh Neenah (Winnebago County) urbane areas, which had a combined populace of 367,365 at the 2010 census. In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18; 9.7% from 18 to 24; 31.8% from 25 to 44; 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
FBI crime statistics for 2009 list the crime rate (per 100,000 population) for Appleton as follows: Crime Appleton Wisconsin United States Appleton is governed via the mayor-council system.
Appleton is represented by Mike Gallagher (R) in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) in the United States Senate.
Roger Roth (R) and represents Appleton in the Wisconsin Senate, and Amanda Stuck (D) represents Appleton in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The town/city is the owner of Valley Transit, a network of bus lines serving the Fox Valley.
This is a full interstate undertaking motorway that runs on the west and north sides of Appleton.
It has 8 exits serving the Appleton region (from South to North) with 2 being in Appleton (the other 5 are positioned in Grand Chute) at: US 41 runs entirely concurrent with Interstate 41 through the town/city of Appleton.
This is Richmond St., Memorial Dr., and Appleton Rd.
West of US 41 is Hwy CA and heads to Appleton International Airport.
WIS 441 bypasses Appleton on the south and east sides as a motorway.
US 10 West/US 41, Racine St Menasha, Hwy AP Midway Rd., WIS 47 Appleton Rd., US 10 East Oneida St., Hwy KK Calumet St., Hwy CE College Ave., Hwy OO Northland Ave., US 41 Appleton is criss-crossed by the former chief lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway (southwest-northeast) and the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western (roughly southeast-northwest, and now largely abandoned except for small-town service to region paper mills and other industries).
A north-south branch of the former Wisconsin Central Railroad passes on the west side of the city.
Appleton has no intercity traveler rail service, although studies are being undertaken on the feasibility of extending Amtrak service to the Fox Cities and Green Bay.
The Appleton International Airport (ATW) is positioned at the west end of College Avenue, 2 miles west of Interstate 41 and 6 miles west of downtown.
Appleton is served by the Appleton Area School District, which has three high schools, four middle schools, seventeen elementary schools, and sixteen charter schools.
The district's chief enhance high schools are Appleton East, Appleton North, and Appleton West.
The town/city also has two parochial high schools: Roman Catholic Xavier High School and Fox Valley Lutheran High School.
Appleton is home to Lawrence University, a private liberal arts college, and Fox Valley Technical College.
The University of Wisconsin Fox Valley, a two-year ground of the University of Wisconsin System, is positioned in close-by Menasha.
The town/city and encircling area are served by the Appleton Public Library, which was chartered by the town/city in 1897 and as of 2010 has a compilation of over 600,000 items. 3 Appleton Area School District 1,668 4.3% Appleton tourist attractions include the Hearthstone House, the four-story mansion that was the first home in the world to be powered by hydroelectricity at its culmination in 1881. The History Museum at the Castle includes exhibits on Fox River Valley history, including a loggia highlighting Edna Ferber, a Harry Houdini exhibit, and other travelling exhibits.
The Fox River Mall is the second-largest mall in Wisconsin.
Other small-town malls include Northland Mall, City Centre Plaza and formerly Valley Fair Shopping Center, aka Valley Fair Mall, disputedly the first enclosed shopping mall in America, opening in 1954.
In 2013, Houdini Plaza, on the corner of College Avenue and Appleton Street, was renovated.
The plaza, known as the 'front yard' of downtown Appleton holds approximately 55 affairs each year, including summer concerts and part of the downtown farmers market. There are various performing ensembles in Appleton.
Including the Appleton Boy Choir, Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, Makaroff Youth Ballet, new - Voices Choir, Vento Winds, and many more.
The town/city of Appleton has 24 neighborhood parks and four improve parks in its park system.
The park's facilities include: seven baseball/softball fields, playground equipment, an indoor ice skating rink, a sledding hill, a picnic pavilion, a catch and release fishing pond, grills, and a warming shelter. The park provides the firework display for the Appleton improve amid the 4th of July holiday.
City Park, established in 1882, is the earliest park in the Appleton park system.
The show features over 200 artists that draw over 25,000 art enthusiasts annually. Pierce Park is the site of weekly Appleton City Band concerts held amid the summer, and of the annual Appleton Old Car Show and Swap Meet.
Jones Park is the site of the finish line for the Santa Scamper run held amid the annual Appleton Christmas Parade, and features an outside hockey rink in the winter. A view of the small World War I memorial on the south side of Appleton, including a restored copy of the Spirit of the American Doughboy.
Mark Catlin, Jr., ex-speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Darling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Hagen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin State Senator William Kennedy, Wisconsin State Senator Lappen, Wisconsin State Senator James Lennon, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Lyons, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Magnuson, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman David Martin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Mc - Intosh, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Rogers, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Sue Rohan, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman Samuel Ryan, Jr., Wisconsin State Assemblyman Schmiege, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and jurist Henry Clay Sloan, Wisconsin State Assemblyman John Tracy, Wisconsin State Assemblyman William Smith Warner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Minor League-Class A Midwest League) Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Looking east at Downtown Appleton Looking east at Downtown Appleton Looking west at Downtown Appleton Looking east down on downtown Appleton Looking west down on downtown Appleton A group of Republican mayors including Appleton Mayor Timothy Hanna Appleton Public Library.
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