Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie, Wisconsin | |
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Location of Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′45″N 91°55′5″W / 44.87917°N 91.91806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Dunn |
| Founded by | William Wilson |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.44 sq mi (39.98 km2) |
| • Land | 13.70 sq mi (35.47 km2) |
| • Water | 1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,843 |
• Estimate (2021) | 16,794 |
| • Density | 1,229.9/sq mi (474.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Zip Code | 54751 |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-51025 |
| Website | www |
Menomonie (/məˈnɒməni/) is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The city's population was 16,843 as of the 2020 census.
Menomonie forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes all of Dunn County (2020 population: 45,440). 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. Menomonie is home to the University of Wisconsin–Stout, the state's designated polytechnic university which enrolls nearly 7,000 students.
The city center is at the south end of Lake Menomin, a reservoir on the Red Cedar River. The name Menomonie is derived from manoomin, the Ojibwe word for wild rice, and is usually translated as “wild rice people”.