Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

**Fond du Lac** is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for _bottom (or foot) of the lake_. It was named this because of its location at the bottom (south end) of Lake Winnebago. As of the 2020 census, 44,678 people lived there.

## History

Native American tribes lived or gathered in the area long before Europeans got there. These tribes included the Winnebagos , Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and Mascoutin. It is not known who was the first white man to explore the southern end of Lake Winnebago. It is thought to be Claude-Jean Allouez.

The first school in Fond du Lac was built in 1843. The first railroad came to Fond du Lac in 1852.  Logging and milling were main industries in the late 1880s.

## Geography

The city has a total area of . Of this,  is land and  is water.

## Notable residents

- William Aldrich, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Ed Aspatore, NFL player
- Bob Blewett, MLB player
- Edward S. Bragg, Union Army general, U.S. Representative, U.S. Ambassador
- Edward L. Doheny, American oil tycoon
- Charles A. Eldredge, U.S. Representative
- Jeanna Giese, first person known to have been successfully treated for rabies without receiving a vaccine.
- King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor and founder of The Gillette Company.
- Bert Husting, MLB player
- Paul O. Husting, U.S. Senator
- Edward H. Jenison, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Colin Kaepernick, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Scott McCallum, former Governor of Wisconsin
- Hugh J. McGrath, Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Henry Morgan, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- William K. Van Pelt, U.S. Representative
- Owen A. Wells, U.S. Representative
- Charles T. Zimmerman, Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Bill Greymont, NFL Kicker for the Carolina Panthers
- Evan Kreinke, Director of Rainbow Six Siege

## Other websites

- City of Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Early Fond du Lac County People and Places

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: SouthMainStreetHistoricDistrictFondDuLacWisUS45.jpg
- **image caption**: South Main Street Historic District
- **image flag**: Flag of Fond du Lac.jpg
- **image map**: Fond du Lac County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fond du Lac Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Fond du Lac in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Wisconsin, County
- **subdivision name2**: Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac
- **government type**: Council-manager
- **leader title**: City manager
- **leader title1**: Council president
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1836
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1847 (as a Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Village, village), 1852 (as a Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#City, city)
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 53.19
- **area land km2**: 49.80
- **area water km2**: 3.39
- **area total sq mi**: 20.54
- **area land sq mi**: 19.23
- **area water sq mi**: 1.31
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 44678
- **population density sq mi**: 2323.8
- **population density km2**: 897.2
- **population metro**: 104,154
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: North American Central Time Zone, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **pushpin map**: USA Wisconsin#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of Fond du Lac in Wisconsin##Location of Fond du Lac in the US
- **pushpin label**: Fond du Lac
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **elevation m**: 232
- **elevation ft**: 760
- **postal code type**: Zip Codes
- **postal code**: 54935, 54936, 54937
- **area code**: Area code 920, 920
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 55-26275