Meeme is a town in

Manitowoc County Manitowoc County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 81,359. Its county seat is Manitowoc. The county was created in 1836 prior to Wisconsin's statehood and organized in 1848. Manitowoc Co ...

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, United States. The population was 1,538 at the 2000 census. Its

Menominee The Menominee ( ; meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recognized tribe of Na ...

name is ''Omīnīw'' which means "pigeon". The Menominee sold this land to the United States in the 1831 Treaty of Washington.

Communities

* Meeme is an

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located west of Highway XX’s (former

WIS 149 State Trunk Highway 149 (Highway 149, STH-149 or WIS 149) was a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It ran through of Manitowoc, Calumet, and Fond du Lac counties. History In 1923, WIS 149 ran from WIS 57 (today ...

) southern intersection of

WIS 42 State Trunk Highway 42 (often called Highway 42, STH-42 or WIS 42) is a state highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs for north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Sheboygan to the ferry doc ...

. * Osman is an unincorporated community located along WIS 42 south of Highway F. * School Hill is an unincorporated community located at the intersections of Highways M, X, and Marken Road. * Spring Valley is an unincorporated community located west of WIS 42. Like Meeme to the south, both were previously served by WIS 42 prior to 1956.Manitowoc County, Atlas: Wisconsin State Atlas 1956 Highway Maps, Wisconsin Historical Map (historicmapworks.com)

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.0 km²), of which, 36.2 square miles (93.7 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) (0.28%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,538 people, 531 households, and 432 families residing in the town. The

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was 42.5 people per square mile (16.4/km²). There were 558 housing units at an average density of 15.4 per square mile (6.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.70%

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, 0.07% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.72% from other races, and 0.20% from two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race were 1.37% of the population. There were 531 households, out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.3% were

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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.26. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $55,139, and the median income for a family was $60,000. Males had a median income of $38,984 versus $26,200 for females. The

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for the town was $20,927. About 1.2% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the

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, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* George Jonathan Danforth, politician * John Lorfeld, politician * Herman Roethel, politician

References

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