Menomonie, Wisconsin

Menomonie, Wisconsin
—  City  —
Location of Menomonie, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°52′45″N 91°55′5″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dunn
Area
• Total	14.6 sq mi (37.8 km2)
• Land	12.9 sq mi (33.3 km2)
• Water	4.5 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	16,264
• Density	1,188.3/sq mi (430.3/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
Website	http://www.menomonie-wi.gov/

The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts originally named The Mabel Tainter Memorial Building.

Wilson Place Museum

Two other spellings of the name appear elsewhere, see Menomonee and Menominee. For the town, see Menomonie (town).

Menomonie is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city's population was 16,264 as of the 2010 census. The city is located surrounded on three sides by the Town of Menomonie but it is not part of it.

Together with surrounding communities, the Menomonie micropolitan area was home to 21,900 people as of 2000. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Dunn County (2010 population: 43,857). The Menomonie MSA, together with the Eau Claire metropolitan area to the east, forms the Census Bureau's Eau Claire-Menomonie Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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

Geography

Menomonie is located at 44°52′45″N 91°55′5″W (44.879336, -91.918333).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.6 square miles (37.8 km²), of which, 12.9 square miles (33.3 km²) of it is land and 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²) of it (11.91%) is water.

A landscape of rippling hills--sharply sculpted enough to qualify as "spectacular," yet green enough and in a small enough scale to feel "nurturing"--can be found at the south and west edges of the community.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 14,937 people, 5,119 households, and 2,370 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,160.7 people per square mile (448.1/km²). There were 5,441 housing units at an average density of 422.8 per square mile (163.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.79% White, 0.76% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,119 households out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.7% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 15.5% under the age of 18, 40.4% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 12.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,103, and the median income for a family was $44,458. Males had a median income of $30,893 versus $21,898 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,994. About 9.1% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.7% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Bowman Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.

Menomonie is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Also in the city of Menomonie is Menomonie High School and a campus of Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Notable natives and residents

• Alvin J. Baldus, U.S. Representative.
• Gust Billis, Distinguished Service Cross recipient
• Adam Carolla, radio & television host, lived in Menomonie as a young child
• Wilfred Duford, NFL player
• Vern Fuller, MLB player
• Neil Gaiman, author
• Wilson Hall, half of the comedy duo God's Pottery
• Tim Harmston, comedian
• Lorenzo D. Harvey, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
• Luke Helder, the University of Wisconsin - Stout student who attempted to create a smiley-face on the US map with pipe bombs.
• Ethan Iverson, pianist for the jazz group The Bad Plus.
• Warren S. Johnson, founder of Johnson Controls, was a school principal in Menomonie in the late 19th century
• Reynold Kraft, NFL player.
• Tim Krumrie, NFL player and assistant coach.
• Harry Miller, "the greatest creative figure in the history of the American racing car".
• Tom Neumann, professional football player.
• Marvin Panch, NASCAR driver.
• Norm Rockwell, Cartoonist, The National Enquirer, Saturday Evening Post, Dunn County News (the twice-weekly local newspaper)(not to be confused with Norman Rockwell, the famous illustrator who did covers for the Saturday Evening Post for many years.
• Richard Shoemaker, Wisconsin State Senator
• James Huff Stout, legislator and businessman
• Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, inventor of the Tainter gate, which was invented and first installed in Menomonie. (The gate was invented by an employee of Knapp, Stout & Co. Company lumber company and Tainter got credit for it.)
• Selmer Tilleson, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient.
• Joe Vavra, the hitting coach of the Minnesota Twins baseball team.
• Tom Wiedenbauer, baseball player
• Aaron Yonda, comedy video producer, co-founder of Blame Society Productions

In popular culture

• Caddie Woodlawn, a Newbery Award-winning novel about the title character, who was based on the girlhood adventures of Caroline Augusta Woodhouse, who lived about 10 miles south of Menomonie. The novel was written by Woodhouse's granddaughter, Carol Ryrie Brink and published in 1936. There is a historical marker in the wayside park around the actual Woodhouse house.

• Mentioned in the episode of Frasier titled "Kisses Sweeter than Wine".

The Louis Smith Tainter House at the University of Wisconsin–Stout

• Menomonie is the hometown of Holloway Roberts, a character in the novel House of Leaves.

• The controversy surrounding Menomonie High School's previous team name, the "Indians", was used as the basis for a tasteless and humorless joke on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald"

Sports

The Menomonie Thunderhawks are a semi-professional football, championship winning team that plays at Don and Nona Williams Stadium at the University of Wisconsin–Stout from late April to late July.

External links

• City of Menomonie (e-government)
• Dunn County Historical Society
• The University of Wisconsin–Stout
• Menomonie, Wisconsin travel guide from Wikitravel
• Menomonie Visitors Guide
• Menomonie Thunderhawks Semi-Pro Football Team