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

References

Other websites

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

Category:Cities in Wisconsin
Category:Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Category:County seats in Wisconsin