Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie, Wisconsin Dunn County Government Center, Menomonie Dunn County Government Center, Menomonie Location of Menomonie, Wisconsin Location of Menomonie, Wisconsin Menomonie is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dunn County in the part of the U.S.
State of Wisconsin. The city's populace was 16,264 as of the 2010 census.
Named for the historic Native American tribe, the Menominee, inhabitants who pre-dated the state, the town/city forms the core of the United States Enumeration Bureau's Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area, which contains all of Dunn County (2010 population: 43,857).
The Menomonie MSA and the Eau Claire urbane region to the east form the Enumeration Bureau's Eau Claire-Menomonie Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Wisconsin Milling Company set up shop at the confluence of Wilson Creek and the Red Cedar River, which was purchased by Hardin Perkins, backing fur traders James H.
Wilson established the town/city of Menomonie and became its first mayor, as well as a Wisconsin State Senator. Stout acquired interest in Wilson and Knapp's company, forming Knapp, Stout & Co.
Menomonie was incorporated as a town/city in 1882. The Mabel Tainter Memorial Building, a small-town landmark, was assembled in 1890 by Tainter with respect to his daughter Mabel, who had died in 1886 at the age of 19. In 1891, Wisconsin State Senator James Huff Stout, son of Henry L.
That same year, Menomonie established the first agricultural high school in the United States, the Dunn County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.47 square miles (40.07 km2), of which, 13.69 square miles (35.46 km2) is territory and 1.78 square miles (4.61 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.9% White, 0.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.2% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,743 homeholds of which 20.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 30.9% were married couples residing together, 8.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 57.3% were non-families.
13.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 42% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.5% were from 25 to 44; 14.9% were from 45 to 64; and 11% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.79% White, 0.76% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other competitions, and 1.18% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 15.5% under the age of 18, 40.4% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 12.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Menomonie Municipal Airport (KLUM) serves the town/city and encircling communities.
Menomonie is served by Menomonie High School.
The town/city is the home of the University of Wisconsin Stout and a ground of Chippewa Valley Technical College.
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