Oshkosh, city, seat of Winnebago County, east central Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Fox River; incorporated 1853. It is a commercial and manufacturing center and a popular resort. Major manufactures include wood, paper, and metal products; machinery; transportation equipment, processed food, clothing, and printed materials. In the city are the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1871); the Oshkosh Public Museum, with art, historical, and natural history exhibits; and the Paine Art Center and Arboretum, featuring displays of 19th-century English and French painting. The community, settled in 1836 on the site of a former French trading post, is named after a leader of the Menominee people. Population 49,620 (1980); 55,006 (1990); 62,916 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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