Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Notes: Term: Appleton [origin of place name]
Definition: Owes its name to Samuel Appleton, one of the founders of Lawrence University, located in the town. [Source: Lawrence College, Wis. Motorist, Jan. 1914 p.77]

Description from John W. Hunt's 1853 Wisconsin Gazetteer:
"APPLETON, P. V., and C. H., in Outagamie county, town of Grand Chute, on section 26, town 21 N., range 17 E. It is about 125 miles northeast from Madison. The Lawrence Institute is located at this place, and the surrounding country is very healthy and fertile. Population 800; 275 dwellings, 10 stores, 5 hotels, 4 saw mills, 1 flouring mill, 1 edge tool factory, 2 planing mills and a paper factory. It is situated on the Lower Fox river at the Grand Chute Rapids, 30 miles from Green Bay. Its hydraulic advantages are equal to any in the United States, the aggregate fall being 40 feet. It is in a direct line between Manitowoc on the Lake, and Stevens Point on the Wisconsin, between which places a plank road is in process of construction."

Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1980 Part 1 - Cruisin the Ave.
Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1980 Part 2 - Business's around Appleton
Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1980 Part 3 - Schools, Churches and Youth
Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1980 Part 4 - Adult Sports and Recreation
Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1980 Part 5 - Remembering Appleton 1950-1980
Remembering Appleton Photo collection 1950-1990 Part 6 - Misc Buildings Then and Now
Appleton, Wisconsin Seasons Greetings Past and Present Kim Hanagan's Seasons Greetings
Appleton High School - by The Appleton Historical SocietyAppleton High School history thru students and principal"
Appleton Public Library - by The Appleton Historical SocietyAppleton's Public Library
Appleton Lock System - by The Appleton Historical Society Part 1 of 5
Appleton Lock System - by The Appleton Historical Society Part 2 of 5
Appleton Lock System - by The Appleton Historical Society Part 3 of 5
Appleton Lock System - by The Appleton Historical Society Part 4 of 5
Appleton Lock System - by The Appleton Historical Society Part 5 of 5
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City/Town : Latitude: 44.26182, Longitude: -88.41505

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