KAUKAUNA

kaukauna, a city of outagamie county, wisconsin, u.s.a., on the fox river 7 m. n.e. of appleton and about 100 m. n. of milwaukee. pop. (1900), 5115, of whom 1044 were foreign-born (1905) 4991; (1910) 4717. kaukauna is served by the chicago & north-western railway (which has car-shops here), by inter-urban electric railway lines connecting with other cities in the fox river, valley, and by river steamboats. it has a carnegie library, a hospital and manufactories of pulp, paper, lumber and woodenware. dams on the fox river furnish a good water-power. the city owns its waterworks. a small settlement of indian traders was made here as early as 1820; in 1830 a presbyterian mission was established, but the growth of the place was slow, and the city was not chartered until 1885.