Welcome to Menomonee Falls ...
The village of Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County<1>.
The location of Menomonee Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Menomonee Falls, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Menomonee Falls has a population of 38,043 people<3> (see below for details).
Menomonee Falls is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: Menomonee Falls lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Websites for Menomonee Falls ...
Official Website: www.menomonee-falls.org/
Chamber of Commerce: www.menomoneefallschamber.com/
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 (which is 9.14% 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 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.
Communities near Menomonee Falls ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Menomonee Falls.
- Milwaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
- Waukesha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
- Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
- West Allis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allis
- West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
- Wauwatosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - New Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
- New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - West Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Muskego
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Mequon
(9 miles [14.5 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 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 for Menomonee Falls was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Menomonee Falls mentioned on a train schedule titled Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Menomonee Falls.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Menomonee Falls: www.menomonee-falls.org/
The official website for Waukesha County: www.waukeshacounty.gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Menomonee Falls. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Menomonee Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |