Grand Chute is a ghost neighborhood in the city of
Appleton in
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Outagamie County ( ) is a county in the Fox Cities region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin, in the northeast of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,705. Its county seat is Appleton.
Outagamie County is part of the Appleton ...
.
History
Morgan L. Martin, Theodore Conkey, and Abram B. Bowen founded the village of Martin in 1849. In 1850 they renamed it Grand Chute after the town of
Grand Chute. Grand Chute was one of three villages that developed around Lawrence Institute (now
Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a Private college, private liberal arts college and Music school, conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second colle ...
). The villages of
Lawesburg, Appleton, and Grand Chute were all nestled along the
Fox River (Wisconsin). The former villages of Grand Chute and Lawesburg have since been incorporated into the city of
Appleton.
[''Appleton Public Library,']
"Grand Chute Township"
, Retrieved 22 August 2011.
Geography
Grand Chute is located at (44.254642, -88.415408).
Its elevation is 791 feet (241m).
References
Ghost towns in Wisconsin
Geography of Outagamie County, Wisconsin
{{US-ghost-town-stub