Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Manitowoc River, near where it enters Lake Michigan, reflecting the horizon of downtown Manitowoc, with the U.S.
Manitowoc River, near where it enters Lake Michigan, reflecting the horizon of downtown Manitowoc, with the U.S.
Nickname(s): Wisconsin's Maritime Capital, The Port City, Manty.
Manitowoc is positioned in Wisconsin Manitowoc - Manitowoc Location inside the state of Wisconsin State Wisconsin County Manitowoc Manitowoc / m n t w k/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The town/city is positioned on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River.
According to the 2010 census, Manitowoc had a populace of 33,736, with over 50,000 inhabitants in the encircling communities.
Purported to mean dwelling of the great spirit, Manitowoc derived its name from either the Anishinaabe language word manidoowaak(wag), meaning spirit-spawn(s), or manidoowaak(oog), meaning spirit-wood(s). In 1838, an act of the Territorial Legislature separated Manitowoc County from Brown County, keeping the indigenous name for the region. Benjamin Jones, brother of William, took the Wisconsin property as his share and is considered the founder of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc is home to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, and is one endpoint of the ferry route of the SS Badger, which joins U.S.
Since the late 1990s, a several new shopping centers have opened in the city, mostly on the southwest side of the town/city along Interstate 43, including the new Harbor Town Center shopping complex.
The downtown region has also seen a resurgence, with a several new restaurants opening, and the recent announcement of new $100,000+ condominiums on the Manitowoc River, along with a culmination of the riverwalk trail.
The bulk of the redevelopment in the town/city has been undertaken by the public/private partnership the Manitowoc County Economic Development Corporation.
The Manitowoc River empties into Lake Michigan.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.99 square miles (46.59 km2), of which 17.63 square miles (45.66 km2) is territory and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km2) is water. The town/city is positioned at 44 5 47 N 87 40 30 W, on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River.
The nearest other metros/cities are Green Bay, 40 miles (64 km) away, Sheboygan 28 miles (45 km) away, Appleton 47 miles (76 km) away, and Milwaukee 80 miles (130 km) away.
Together with Two Rivers and the encircling towns, the Manitowoc micropolitan region was, as stated to the 2000 census, home to 52,197 citizens .
The town/city forms the core of the United States Enumeration Bureau's Manitowoc Micropolitan Statistical Area, which contains all of Manitowoc County (2000 population: 82,887).
Due to Manitowoc's adjacency to Lake Michigan its climate is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter to most close-by cities metros/cities like Green Bay and Appleton, which are farther away from Lake Michigan, hence the small-town phrase, "cooler by the lake".
Manitowoc has a annual average high of 52 F (11 C) and a annual average low of 38.5 F (4 C).
Manitowoc also has an extreme high and extreme low of 101 F (38 C) and 27 F ( 33 C), in the order given.
Climate data for Manitowoc, Wisconsin Burger Boat Company, a yacht builder is positioned in Manitowoc and produces 2 3 yachts per year.
Holy Family Memorial Medical Center with an inpatient medical center including an emergency room, a Cancer Care Center as part of the Regional Cancer Collaborative made up of nine county-wide hospitals fighting cancer in northeast Wisconsin, a Heart and Vascular Center, county-wide orthopaedic services, retail pharmacies, a home medical supply retail store, medically based wellness center, state of the art rehab facility, and more than 15 clinics in the county.
Manitowoc Lutheran High School Manitowoc enhance schools are administered by the Manitowoc Public School District.
Manitowoc Lutheran High School University of Wisconsin Manitowoc Manitowoc is part of the Green Bay tv market, although it is not uncommon for inhabitants to receive stations over-the-air from Milwaukee, and athwart the lake from the Grand Rapids and Traverse City/Cadillac markets.
No tv stations originate from Manitowoc, and the only full-time existence of Green Bay stations in the town/city are remote-operated weather cameras and WFRV-TV featuring some Herald Times Reporter content in newscasts as part of a promotional agreement with Gannett's northeastern Wisconsin newspapers.
Comcast holds the city's cable franchise, inherited from the company's earlier purchase of Jones Intercable, and the town/city has the only existence of Comcast in all of Eastern Wisconsin.
Manitowoc is classed as part of Nielsen Audio's Sheboygan/Manitowoc radio market and combined with Two Rivers, and stations from both Sheboygan and Green Bay are easily heard in the area.
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a momentous religion in the town/city with four large churches and Manitowoc Lutheran High School.
Two extra Wisconsin Synod churches are outside the town/city limits with a Manitowoc address.
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum was established in 1970 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association, and has since grown to be one of the biggest nautical exhibitions in the country; it has recently been granted affiliation status with the Smithsonian.
There are everyday tours of the vessel, which is moored in Manitowoc's harbor, allowing visitors a look at Manitowoc's part in the war and building 28 submarines for the U.S.
Public Transportation in the town/city been provided by Maritime Metro Transit since 1978, covering both Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
The Manitowoc Mariners Trail is a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) paved recreational trail running along the shore of Lake Michigan between the metros/cities of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
US 10 travels east athwart Lake Michigan via car ferry to Ludington, Michigan, and west to Appleton, Wisconsin.
WIS 42 travels south to Howards Grove, Wisconsin and north to Sturgeon Bay, Two Rivers and Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Manitowoc County Airport (KMTW) serves the town/city and encircling communities.
James Sibree Anderson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Bentley, Wisconsin State Senator Garey Bies, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, born in Manitowoc Dale Bolle, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Diederich, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Doug Free, offensive lineman for the NFL Dallas Cowboys and a 2002 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School Carl Hansen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Helgeson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Hemschemeyer, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Peter Johnston, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Kalaher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Kaufman, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Lallensack, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Ledvina, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and attorney Robert Naumann, Wisconsin State Assemblyman William Henry Phipps, Wisconsin State Senator Reinhardt Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Randolph, Wisconsin State Senator Scheibe, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Scheuer, Wisconsin State Assembyman Carl Schmidt, Wisconsin State Senator Charles Schuette, Wisconsin State Assemblyman John Schuette, Wisconsin State Senator Smart, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Susan Bowers Vergeront, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman Joseph Vilas, Wisconsin State Senator Henry Vits, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Vogel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Wallen, artist, born in Manitowoc and visited Lincoln High School Joseph Willott, Jr., Wisconsin State Assemblyman Walter Wittman, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Yindra, Wisconsin State Senator Bob Ziegelbauer, Wisconsin State Assembly Muench, David "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts", December 1993.
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Sputnik Crashed Here, Manitowoc, Wisconsin "Manitowoc, WI Monthly Weather Forecast - weather.com".
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Grocery cashier, 22, beats MIT grad to turn into Manitowoc mayor (April 8, 2009) (archived from the initial on 2009-04-11) htrnews.com.
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