THE MENASHA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain setting.
Menasha city has 6.04 square miles of land in Calumet County, Winnebago County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Menasha intersects 2 county geographies: Calumet County, Winnebago County. A Menasha mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Menasha by land and water
The Census records 1.73 square miles of water within Menasha, or 22.3% of its total area. It is 5 percentage points higher than the 17.3% recorded for Wisconsin. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Menasha city has 604.4 times the land area of nearby Harrison town (0.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

