Neenah is a city in the north central United States in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River, approximately forty miles (60 km) southwest of Green Bay.Neenah is bordered by the Town of Neenah, and the city is the southwestern-most of the Fox Cities of northeast Wisconsin, and is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Oshkosh-Neenah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah Combined Statistical Area.Neenah's population was 25,501 at the 2010 census and is sometimes referred to as a twin city with Menasha, with which it shares Doty Island.HistoryNeenah was named by Governor James Duane Doty for the Winnebago word for "water" or "running water". It was the site of a Ho-Chunk village in the late 18th century. It is Nįįňą in the Hoocąk language.
