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Welcome to Menomonee Falls ...

The village of Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menomonee Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Menomonee Falls has a population of 38,043 people<2> (see below for details).

Menomonee Falls is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The ZIP codes for Menomonee Falls: 53051-53052<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Menomonee Falls had an population of 38,043 people. This is an increase of 6.78% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.53% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Menomonee Falls had a population of 35,626 people (or 9.13% of the total population of Waukesha County). This makes Menomonee Falls the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Menomonee Falls represents 0.63% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 21st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 35,626 people, the population of Menomonee Falls increased 9.12% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 32,647 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Menomonee Falls.

Websites for Menomonee Falls ...

Official Website:   www.menomonee-falls.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.menomoneefallschamber.com/

Communities near Menomonee Falls ...

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

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 Menomonee Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menomonee Falls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Menomonee Falls. 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 Menomonee Falls.

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

Adding Menomonee Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Menomonee Falls post office opened in 1843.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menomonee Falls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Menomonee Falls.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Menomonee Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a village (such as Menomonee Falls). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Menomonee Falls or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Menomonee Falls includes: 53051 & 53052.
<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/