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Welcome to Neenah ...

The city of Neenah is located in Winnebago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Neenah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Neenah has a population of 26,261 people<2> (see below for details).

Neenah is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Neenah: 920 & 274<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Neenah had an population of 26,261 people. This is an increase of 2.98% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.16% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Neenah had a population of 25,501 people (or 15.26% of the total population of Winnebago County). This makes Neenah the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Neenah represents 0.45% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 30th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 25,501 people, the population of Neenah increased 4.06% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 24,507 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Neenah.

Communities Also Named Neenah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Neenah - they are located in Alabama and Virginia.

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

Websites for Neenah ...

Official Website: www.ci.neenah.wi.us/

Communities near Neenah ...

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

  • Oshkosh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kaukauna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Little Chute
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kimberly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chilton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wrightstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Combined Locks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Omro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brillion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brillion have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
    • Brillion is located in Calumet County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Neenah. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Neenah.

Adding Neenah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Neenah 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 Neenah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Neenah post office opened in 1844.

We also found Neenah in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Neenah.

The official website for Neenah: www.ci.neenah.wi.us/

The official website for Winnebago County: www.co.winnebago.wi.us/

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 Winnebago, 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 Neenah.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Neenah - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Neenah area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Neenah area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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