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Place Name
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Outagamie County
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Pronunciation
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out-a-GAIM-ee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Appleton
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Population
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140,510 (1990)
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Location
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Wisconsin, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°24'N
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Longitude
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88°27'W
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Outagamie
(out-a-GAIM-ee), county (
644 sq mi/1,668 sq km; 1990 pop.
140,510), E Wis.;  Appleton; 44°24'N 88°27'W. Drained by
Wolf, Fox, and Embarrass rivers. Dairying and paper milling are
principal industries. Some livestock raising (cattle, hogs, sheep,
poultry) and farming (barley, oats, wheat, corn, soybeans, peas, beans,
alfalfa, hay). Mfg. at Appleton, Kaukauna, Kimberly. Urbanized in S
along Fox R. Part of Oneida Indian Reservation in E. Formed 1851.
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