MENASHA

city, Winnebago county, east-central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along Lake Winnebago and the north channel of the Fox River, just south of Appleton. Menasha, with the adjoining city of Neenah on the south channel of the Fox River, forms a single economic and social unit. Settled in 1843, it took its name from the Winnebago Indian word for island. The city developed sawmills and flour and paper mills using the river's waterpower and is now, together with Neenah, the nation's leading producer of paper products. Inc. village 1853; city 1874. Pop. (1991 est.) 14,901.