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Winnebago County, Wisconsin

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93historic places
—earliest paper
1840formed
171,730pop. 2020
60cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 93 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

62 of 93 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

93 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Algoma Boulevard Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1994
Algoma Boulevard Methodist ChurchOshkoshBuilding1974
Augustin, Gustav, BlockMenashaBuilding1986
Babcock, Havilah, HouseNeenahBuilding1974
Banta, George, Sr. and Ellen, HouseMenashaBuilding1997
Baumann BlockOshkoshBuilding2024
Beals, Edward D. & Vina Shattuck, HouseNeenahBuilding2008
Bergstrom, George O., HouseNeenahBuilding1993
Black Oak SchoolNekimiBuilding1987
Bowen, Abraham Briggs, HouseOshkoshBuilding1982
Brainerd SiteNeenahSite1984
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire HouseOshkoshBuilding1996
Carpenter Site (47 Wn 246)EurekaSite1982
Chicago and Norhwestern Railroad DepotNeenahBuilding1994
Cole Watch TowerOmroBuilding1978
Daily Northwestern BuildingOshkoshBuilding1982
Doty Island (47-WN-30)MenashaSite1985
Doty Island Village SiteNeenahSite1996
East Forest Avenue Historic DistrictNeenahDistrict2005
Equitable Fraternal Union BuildingNeenahBuilding2015
Eureka Lock and Lock Tender's HouseEurekaStructure1976
First Methodist ChurchOshkoshBuilding1995
First Presbyterian ChurchOshkoshBuilding1974
Fraternal Order of EaglesOshkoshBuilding2018
Fraternal Reserve AssociationOshkoshBuilding2016
FrontenacOshkoshBuilding1982
Gram, Hans, HouseNeenahBuilding1987
Grand LoggeryNeenahBuilding1974
Grignon, Augustin, HotelButte des MortsBuilding1975
Guenther, Richard, HouseOshkoshBuilding1984
Hawks, Frank Winchester, HouseNeenahBuilding1997
Hooper, Jessie Jack, HouseOshkoshBuilding1978
Irving Church Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1994
Jennings, Ellis, HouseNeenahBuilding1992
Jersild, Rev. Jens N., HouseNeenahBuilding2003
Johnson, Isabel and Orrin, HouseNeenahBuilding2024
Kamrath SiteWinneconneSite1975
Kerwin, Judge J. C., HouseNeenahBuilding1996
Kimberly Point Park LighthouseNeenahStructure2013
Koch, Carl, BlockMenashaBuilding1986
Larson Brothers AirportClaytonDistrict1984
Lasley's Point SiteWinneconneSite1979
Lindsley, Perry, HouseNeenahBuilding2003
Lutz, Robert, HouseOshkoshBuilding1982
Mayer-Bankerob HouseOshkoshBuilding1999
Menasha DamMenashaStructure1993
Menasha Lock SiteMenashaSite1998
Metzig Garden Site (47WN283)WolfSite1988
Morgan, John R., HouseOshkoshBuilding1983
Neenah United States Post OfficeNeenahBuilding1990
North Main Street Bungalow Historic DistrictOshkoshBuilding2013
North Main Street Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1996
Omro Downtown Historic DistrictOmroDistrict1996
Omro High School, Annex and Webster Manual Training SchoolOmroBuilding1985
Omro Village Hall and Engine HouseOmroBuilding1997
Orville Beach Memorial Manual Training SchoolOshkoshBuilding1985
Oshkosh Grand Opera HouseOshkoshBuilding1974
Oshkosh State Normal School Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1984
Overton Archeological DistrictOshkoshDistrict1975
Oviatt HouseOshkoshBuilding1979
Paepke, Henry, HouseNeenahBuilding1987
Paine Art Center and ArboretumOshkoshBuilding1978
Paine Lumber Company Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1986
Pollock, William E., ResidenceOshkoshBuilding1984
Read SchoolOshkoshBuilding1993
Riverside CemeteryOshkoshSite2003
Security BankOshkoshBuilding1994
Sensenbrenner, J. Leslie, HouseNennahBuilding2003
Shattuck, Franklyn C., HouseNeenahBuilding1978
Sherry, Henry, HouseNeenahBuilding1999
Smith SchoolOshkoshBuilding2021
Smith, Charles R., HouseNeenahBuilding1979
Smith, Henry Spencer, HouseNeenahBuilding1982
Smith, Hiram, HouseNeenahBuilding1996
St. Mary’s Catholic Church ComplexOshkoshBuilding2021
Tayco Street BridgeMenashaStructure1986
Trinity Espicopal ChurchOshkoshBuilding1974
US Post Office-MenashaMenashaBuilding1986
Upper Main Street Historic DistrictMenashaDistrict1984
Van Ostrand, Dewitt Clinton, HouseNeenahBuilding1997
Vining, Gorham, P., HouseNeenahBuilding1983
Waite Grass Carpet CompanyOshkoshBuilding2018
Wall, Thomas R., ResidenceOshkoshBuilding1984
Washington Avenue Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict1986
Washington Avenue Neoclassical Historic DistrictOshkoshDistrict2017
Washington Street Historic DistrictMenashaDistrict1986
Waterman, S. H., HouseOshkoshBuilding1993
Whiting, Frank B., HouseNeenahBuilding2000
Whiting, Frank, BoathouseNeenahBuilding2011
Wing, William C., HouseNeenahBuilding1993
Winnebago County CourthouseOshkoshBuilding1982
Wisconsin Avenue Historic DistrictNeenahDistrict1984
Wisconsin National Life Insurance BuildingOshkoshBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Winnebago was formed in 1840 (1840-01-06) from Brown, Calumet, Fond Du Lac, northern part of overlap area jointly claimed by FOND DU LAC, Marquette.

WINNEBAGO created by Wisconsin Territory from BROWN, CALUMET, FOND DU LAC, and northern part of overlap area jointly claimed by FOND DU LAC and MARQUETTE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Winnebago County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

172k86k1351840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
13523,77042,74058,22563,89780,50791,103107,928131,703156,763171,730

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

60 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 60 of 60 listed
NameLatLon
Allenville Cemetery44.12997-88.61983
Becker Cemetery44.22533-88.81653
Bell Cemetery44.12501-88.65312
Bethesda Cemetery43.90944-88.64301
Boyd Cemetery43.98151-88.54399
Brooks Cemetery44.0983-88.54768
Burdick Cemetery44.06329-88.85117
Calvary Cemetery44.04778-88.56383
Ellenwood Cemetery43.99546-88.58394
Eureka Cemetery43.99106-88.8449
Forest Hill Cemetery44.09853-88.8608
Goggins Cemetery44.06202-88.76451
Grace Lutheran Cemetery44.19505-88.66371
Greenlawn Memorial Park44.13158-88.50036
Krebs Cemetery43.93497-88.83594
Lake View Cemetery44.17699-88.78083
Lake View Memorial Park44.05235-88.56713
Liberty Prairie Cemetery43.91355-88.72523
Minckler Cemetery43.99006-88.66387
Nepeuskun Cemetery43.95286-88.86194
New Elm Cemetery43.91603-88.51318
New Elm Old Cemetery43.91442-88.51399
North Rushford Cemetery44.04447-88.82433
Oak Hill Cemetery44.07675-88.80149
Oak Hill Cemetery44.18981-88.49193
Oaklawn Cemetery43.93752-88.48773
Omro Cemetery44.02164-88.75538
Omro Junction Cemetery44.03359-88.66383
Omro Union Cemetery44.03359-88.66288
Peace Lutheran Cemetery43.98181-88.53687
Plummer Cemetery44.08632-88.60905
Prellwitz Cemetery44.18963-88.88483
Rest Haven Cemetery44.19354-88.48897
Riverside Cemetery44.04444-88.56563
Royer Cemetery44.21312-88.64036
Sacred Heart Cemetery43.98781-88.569
Saint Johannes Cemetery44.23113-88.71303
Saint Johns Cemetery44.23056-88.44324
Saint Johns Cemetery44.23657-88.4418
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery43.90631-88.54357
Saint Margaret's Cemetery44.19183-88.49121
Saint Mary's Cemetery44.22275-88.44593
Saint Patrick's Cemetery44.1956-88.4857
Saint Pauls Cemetery44.20412-88.84321
Saint Peters Cemetery44.20593-88.73804
Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery44.19823-88.75703
Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery44.10065-88.79565
Salem Cemetery43.9287-88.62428
Schellers Cemetery43.90865-88.56282
Sunnyview Cemetery44.08653-88.53005
Tice Cemetery43.98911-88.70491
Waukau Cemetery43.98319-88.77905
West Side Cemetery44.11321-88.71798
Wilhelmina Cemetery43.91469-88.53889
Winchester Cemetery44.1846-88.67527
Winnebago Mental Health Institute Cemetery44.06683-88.51168
Winneconne Cemetery44.10581-88.70538
Wolf River Cemetery44.22702-88.84846
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery43.90828-88.49934
Zittau Cemetery44.21951-88.78657

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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