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Welcome to Menominee ...

Menominee is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menominee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Menominee is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Menominee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Menominee: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Menominee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Menominee - they are located in Illinois and Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Menominee.

Communities near Menominee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Menominee.

  • Yankton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yankton is located in Yankton County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,651 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yankton <4>
  • Hartington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Crofton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tabor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tabor is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor <4>
  • Gayville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Meckling
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wynot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Volin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Volin is located in Yankton County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volin <4>
  • Mission Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Menominee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menominee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Menominee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Menominee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Menominee. See our Newspapers Page for Menominee.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Menominee ...

Looking for more information about Menominee? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Menominee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Menominee.

Adding Menominee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Menominee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Menominee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Menominee post office opened in 1872. The Menominee post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menominee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cedar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Menominee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Menominee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Menominee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/