The city is a processing center for dairy products, especially cheese. Its chief manufactures are farm equipment and precision tools.
Stone quarries are nearby.
A fur-trading post was established on the site by Pierre Grignon in 1760. The Grignon mansion, built 1836-39 on the first land deeded in Wisconsin, has been restored. Outagamie County Teachers College is in Kaukauna. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. No relevant pictures or maps found.