Appleton
city and county-seat of Outagamie co., Wis., on the the Fox Fox river and the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads; 25 miles S. W. of Green Bay.
It is at the head of navigation on Lake Winnebago and on the Green Bay waterway, on a plateau 70 feet above the river, and near the Grand Chute rapids, whence it derives excellent power for manufacturing. The principal industries are the manufacture of farm implements, furniture, paper, flour, pulp, machinery, and woolen and knit goods. It is the seat of Lawrence University (Methodist-Episcopal), and has university and publicschool libraries, National banks, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 16,773; (1920) 19,561.