Menomonie, Wisconsin

This article is about the city. For the adjacent town, see Menomonie (town), Wisconsin. For other uses, see Menomonee (disambiguation), Menominee (disambiguation), and Menomonie (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

Menomonie, Wisconsin
City
Downtown Menomonie and UW-Stout
Downtown Menomonie and UW-Stout
Location of Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Location of Menomonie
in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Menomonie is located in Wisconsin
Menomonie
Menomonie
Location within Wisconsin
Menomonie is located in the United States
Menomonie
Menomonie
Location within the United States
Menomonie is located in North America
Menomonie
Menomonie
Menomonie (North America)
Coordinates: 44°52′45″N 91°55′5″W / 44.87917°N 91.91806°W / 44.87917; -91.91806
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountyDunn
Founded byWilliam Wilson
Area
[1]
 • Total
15.44 sq mi (39.98 km2)
 • Land13.70 sq mi (35.47 km2)
 • Water1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
16,843
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
16,794
 • Density1,229.9/sq mi (474.9/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Zip Code
54751
Area code(s)715 & 534
FIPS code55-51025
Websitewww.menomonie-wi.gov
The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, originally named the Mabel Tainter Memorial Building.
Wilson Place Museum

Menomonie (/məˈnɒməni/) is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[5] The city's population was 16,843 as of the 2020 census.[2]

Named for the original inhabitants of the area, the Menominee,[6] the city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes all of Dunn County (2010 population: 43,857). The Menomonie MSA and the Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area to the east form the Census Bureau's Eau Claire-Menomonie Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The city center is at the south end of Lake Menomin, a reservoir on the Red Cedar River.

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2020-census-5551025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference QF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. Chicago and North Western Railway Company. 1908. p. 160 – via Google Books.