The Fox Cities of Northeastern Wisconsin are the cities, towns and villages along the
Fox River as it flows from
Lake Winnebago northward into
Green Bay.
The Fox Cities communities, as defined by its Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau, include:
* The cities of
Appleton (pop. 74,526),
Kaukauna (16,246),
Menasha (18,268), and
Neenah (26,062)
* The villages of
Combined Locks (pop. 3,588),
Fox Crossing (19,029),
Harrison (11,532),
Hortonville (2,767),
Kimberly (6,803),
Little Chute (11,564), and
Sherwood (2,985)
* The
towns of
Buchanan (pop. 6,755),
Clayton (3,951),
Freedom (5,842),
Grand Chute (20,919),
Greenville (10,309),
Neenah (3,237),
Vandenbroek (1,474), and
Woodville (980)
Major points of interest include the
Fox Cities Exhibition Center,
Community First Champion Center,
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center,
High Cliff State Park, and
Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The
Fox River Mall is the largest shopping mall in the state at 1.2 million square feet.
Area post-secondary schools include
Fox Valley Technical College,
Lawrence University, and the
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus.
Bus transit for the area is provided by
Valley Transit and
commercial airline service is provided by
Appleton International Airport.
Major highway routes in the area include:
Interstate 41/
U.S. Route 41, which connects the Fox Cities with
Green Bay and
Milwaukee;
Wisconsin Highway 441, known locally as the Tri-County Expressway, which is an auxiliary highway of Interstate 41 that serves as a beltway around Appleton; and
U.S. Route 10 which travels east–west, connecting the Fox Cities with
Stevens Point,
Waupaca and
Manitowoc, along with
Interstate 39 and
Wausau.
Television and radio stations in the area, usually originating out of
Green Bay,
identify as serving "Green Bay/Fox Cities" to acknowledge both major population centers in the region (for stations
licensed to Green Bay, that community must be mentioned first).
Combined Statistical Area
The Fox Cities constitute a portion of the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which also includes the City of
Oshkosh and rural portions of
Calumet,
Outagamie and
Winnebago Counties. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 392,660 (2017 estimate: 406,540),
making it the
third largest CSA in Wisconsin, behind
Milwaukee and
Madison.
At night
References
External links
Fox Cities Chamber of CommerceFox Cities Convention and Visitors BureauFox Cities Regional Partnership
{{Great Lakes Megalopolis
Metropolitan areas of Wisconsin