Meeme, Wisconsin | |
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 Location of Meeme, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 43°56′12″N 87°51′14″W / 43.93667°N 87.85389°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Manitowoc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.3 sq mi (94.0 km2) |
| • Land | 36.2 sq mi (93.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,538 |
| • Density | 42.5/sq mi (16.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 920 |
| FIPS code | 55-50625[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583686[1] |
Meeme is a town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,538 at the 2000 census. Its Menominee name is Omīnīw which means "pigeon".[3] The Menominee sold this land to the United States in the 1831 Treaty of Washington.[4]
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Hoffman, Mike. "Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin". The Menominee Clans Story. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ Ceded territories map, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology - 1896-97, Part 2 by J. W. Powell, Charles C. Royce, and Cyrus Thomas, 1899, page 728 (page 217 of the pdf)