Editing Marinette, Wisconsin

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Marinette, Wisconsin
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "Your city on the bay!"

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| image_caption      = Marinette County Courthouse
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| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = File:Marinette County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Marinette Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Marinette in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
| pushpin_map        = Wisconsin#USA
| pushpin_label      = Marinette
| pushpin_relief     = yes<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = [[Wisconsin]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Wisconsin|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Marinette County, Wisconsin|Marinette]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = City
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Steve Genisot
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 1887

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_55.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 19.56
| area_land_km2      = 18.15
| area_water_km2     = 1.41
| area_total_sq_mi   = 7.55
| area_land_sq_mi    = 7.01
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.55

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>
| population_total   = 11119
| population_density_km2 = 580.78
| population_density_sq_mi = 1504.28

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{GNIS|1583654}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 594
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|06|00|N|87|37|50|W|region:US-WI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 54143
| area_code          = [[Area codes 715 and 534|715 & 534]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 55-49300<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1569039<ref name="GR3" />
| website            = {{url|marinette.wi.us}}
| footnotes          = 
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}}

'''Marinette''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Marinette County, Wisconsin]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> It is located on the south bank of the [[Menominee River]], at its mouth at [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay]], part of [[Lake Michigan]]; to the north is [[Stephenson Island (Wisconsin)|Stephenson Island]], part of the city preserved as park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/index.php|title=City of Marinette|work=marinette.wi.us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101101438/http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/index.php|archive-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> During the lumbering boom of the late 19th century, Marinette became the tenth-largest city in Wisconsin in 1900, reaching a peak population of 16,195.

Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette, Wisconsin–[[Michigan]] [[Marinette micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which includes all of Marinette County, Wisconsin and [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee County]], Michigan. The population was 10,968 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]]. [[Menominee, Michigan]] is across the river to the north, and the cities are connected by three bridges. Menominee and Marinette are sometimes described as the "[[twin cities]]" of the Menominee River.

==Name==
[[File:MarinetteWisconsinSign.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Welcome sign]]
The town and county were named ''Marinette'' after Marie Antoinette Chevalier (1793, [[Langlade County, Wisconsin]] – 1865, [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]),<ref>Beatty, Michael A. 2001. ''County Name Origins of the United States.'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland, pg. 614.</ref><ref>Johnson, Beverly Hayward. 1995. ''Queen Marinette: Spirit of Survival on the Great Lakes Frontier.'' Amasa, MI: White Water Associates, p. 2.</ref><ref>Hintz, Martin. 2000. ''Wisconsin Portraits: 55 People who Made a Difference.'' Black Earth, WI: Trails Books, p. 10. (4th grade level)</ref> an influential [[Métis people|Métis]] woman who ran a trading post near the mouth of the Menominee River. Of [[Menominee]] and [[French Canadians|French Canadian]] ancestry, she came to be known as "Queen Marinette."<ref name="rootsweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wimarine/queen.html|title=Marinette County WIGenWeb – "Queen Marinette"|work=ancestry.com}}</ref> Her father was Bertrand Chevalier, a British trader of French Canadian ancestry, who was involved with an early trading post at Green Bay. Her mother was Lucy, the daughter of [[Menominee people|Menominee]] chief, ''Wauba-Shish'' (Great Marten).

Bertrand Chevalier brought his family, including Marie Antoinette, to Green Bay. There he took a young trading partner, John Jacobs, whom Marie Antoinette later married. They had three children together. In 1823 John and Marie Antoinette Jacobs settled in the village that became known as Marinette. Their son John B. Jacobs later plotted the town. Chevalier Jacob's husband disappeared during a trading trip. She later married his partner William Farnsworth of the [[American Fur Company]]. They also had three children together. Marie Antoinette Chevalier Farnsworth continued with the trading post after Farnsworth left the area for the next frontier at [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]]. She was known for her business sense, fairness, and influence in the region, as she had ties to both the Menominee and European communities. After her death, Chevalier was buried in [[Allouez, Wisconsin]]. In 1987 her descendants had Chevalier reinterred in a sarcophagus at the Forest Home Mausoleum in Marinette. Her original tombstone is on display at the museum on [[Stephenson Island (Wisconsin)|Stephenson Island]] in Marinette.<ref>[http://www.ehextra.com/main.asp?SectionID=12&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=7404&TM=235.964 "Remembering a queen: New floral display graces Queen Marinette's tomb"], ''EH Extra''</ref>

==History==
[[File:2009-0619-Marinette-library.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Stephenson Public Library]]
[[File:2009-0619-Marinette-DunlapSquare.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Dunlap Square Building]] in downtown, listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]
The site of Marinette was first settled by a small [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquin]] band of [[Menominee people]], referred to by the neighboring [[Ojibwe people|Ojibwe]] as "the [[wild rice]] people" for their staple crop. The band consisted of 40 to 80 men and their families. They lived at the mouth of the Menominee River in the 17th and 18th centuries, which, according to their creation story, was the tribe's place of origin.

Before 1830, French Canadians established a [[fur trading]] post at the settlement. The first European settler was Stanislaus Chappu, also known as Chappee. After the [[War of 1812]], the United States took over this area and the fur trade. They refused to license Canadian traders to operate on the American side of the border, although prior to the war, they and the Americans had easily passed back and forth across the border. [[John Jacob Astor]]'s [[American Fur Company]] became most prominent in the region, although the fur trade was declining after 1830.

In the late 19th century, the city developed rapidly as a port and processing area for [[lumber]] harvested in the interior. Logs were floated down the Menominee River and shipped out on [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay]] to communities around the [[Great Lakes]] and to the [[Eastern United States|East]]. In 1853, the population was 478; by 1860 the number of people in the growing community had reached 3,059.

Due to the lumbering boom, between 1890 and 1900, the population more than doubled from 7,710 to its peak of 16,195.<ref name="archist">[http://marinette.wi.us/history/index.php "A Brief History of Marinette"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110135932/http://marinette.wi.us/history/index.php |date=January 10, 2015 }}, 2009, City of Marinette website, from ''Surviving Architecture of a Menominee River Boom Town,''  1990, 1996, City of Marinette, Wisconsin, accessed January 21, 2015</ref> At that time, it was the tenth-largest city in Wisconsin. It had a wide variety of businesses and a new [[courthouse]], city hall, [[opera house]], two [[hospital]]s, a [[Tram|street railway]], more than a dozen hotels and [[boarding house]]s, thirty saloons, and major industries, including the Marinette Iron Works, Marinette Flour Mill, the A.W. Stevens farm implement company, and the M & M Paper Company.<ref name="archist"/>

The saloons accommodated the many single men who worked in the lumber industry.

Although [[Logging|lumbering]] trailed off at the start of the 20th century, with clear cutting of some areas, the town has continued to take advantage of its position along those bodies of water. Three bridges cross the river to connect Marinette to [[Menominee, Michigan]], often called its twin city. Lumbering still contributes to the area economy, but jobs and population declined when the industry slowed.

Marinette has a major paper mill ([[Kimberly Clark]]), and other plants such as [[Marinette Marine]], a shipyard owned by the Italian firm, Fincantieri; [[Ansul]]/Tyco, a manufacturer of fire protection systems; [[Waupaca Foundry]], KS Kolbenschmidt US Inc. formerly known as Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4245207|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813012449/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4245207|archive-date=August 13, 2014|title=Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc.: Private Company Information – Businessweek|work=Businessweek.com}}</ref> cast and machined automotive parts; Samuel Pressure Vessel Group a manufacturer of pressure vessels and part of the Samuel, Son and Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samuelpressurevesselgroup.com|title=Samuel Pressure Vessel Group|work=samuelpressurevesselgroup.com}}</ref>

The county seat includes what is now the eastern neighborhood of Menekaunee, formerly an independent village.<ref>George Wilbur Peck. ''Wisconsin: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form.'' Madison: Western Historical Association, 1906, p. 265.</ref> The first [[European Americans|European-American]] settlers came to Menekaunee in 1845.<ref>1914. "The State Helping the City," ''The Municipality'' 14: 687 ff., p. 691.</ref> For some time Menekaunee was also known as East Marinette.<ref>Alvah Littlefield Sawyer. ''A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People: Its Mining, Lumber and Agricultural Industries''. Chicago: Lewis, 1911, p. 880.</ref> The name Menekaunee is of [[Menominee language|Menominee]] origin, from ''Minikani Se'peu,'' meaning 'village or town river'.<ref>Virgil J. Vogel. ''Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map''. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991, p. 117.</ref>

Two [[President of the United States|Presidents of the United States]]—[[John F. Kennedy]] during the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]] and [[Donald Trump]] during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]—have visited the town during their campaigns.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at Marinette, Wisconsin, March 20, 1960 {{!}} JFK Library|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/marinette-wi-19600320|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=www.jfklibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=EBSCH|first=LARRY|title=JFK paid a visit to Marinette|url=https://www.ehextra.com/feature_pages/from_the_past_byelines/jfk-paid-a-visit-to-marinette/article_11415920-b071-5a1d-8e9f-8fe73c0fddd0.html|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=The EagleHerald|date=September 29, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bollier|first=Haley BeMiller and Jeff|title=President Trump praises workers in visit to Fincantieri Marinette Marine, touts $5.5 billion Navy contract|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/06/25/president-trump-visits-wisconsin-green-bay-marinette-fincantieri/3242150001/|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=Green Bay Press-Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Remarks by President Trump at Fincantieri Marinette Marine {{!}} Marinette, WI|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-fincantieri-marinette-marine-marinette-wi/|access-date=November 28, 2020|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Kennedy delivered a speech promoting expanded [[Farmers Home Administration]] loans and criticizing Secretary of Agriculture [[Ezra Taft Benson]], while Trump discussed his administration's manufacturing policy, military buildup, and [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Geography==
Marinette is at 45°5'31" North, 87°37'43" West (45.091983, −87.628714).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|6.83|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|1.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Marinette, Wisconsin, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1919&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 58
|Feb record high F = 62
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 89
|Nov record high F = 75
|Dec record high F = 62

|Jan avg record high F = 42.6
|Feb avg record high F = 47.8
|Mar avg record high F = 60.1
|Apr avg record high F = 72.7
|May avg record high F = 83.3
|Jun avg record high F = 88.8
|Jul avg record high F = 90.6
|Aug avg record high F = 89.0
|Sep avg record high F = 84.7
|Oct avg record high F = 75.7
|Nov avg record high F = 60.5
|Dec avg record high F = 46.5
|year avg record high F = 92.5

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =26.1
| Feb high F  =29.4
| Mar high F  =39.0
| Apr high F  =51.0
| May high F  =64.4
| Jun high F  =73.9
| Jul high F  =79.6
| Aug high F  =78.2
| Sep high F  =70.3
| Oct high F  =57.1
| Nov high F  =43.4
| Dec high F  =31.7
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =17.8
| Feb mean F  =20.6
| Mar mean F  =30.0
| Apr mean F  =41.9
| May mean F  =54.2
| Jun mean F  =64.6
| Jul mean F  =69.9
| Aug mean F  =68.6
| Sep mean F  =60.8
| Oct mean F  =48.2
| Nov mean F  =35.8
| Dec mean F  =24.3
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =9.5
| Feb low F  =11.9
| Mar low F  =21.0
| Apr low F  =32.8
| May low F  =43.9
| Jun low F  =55.4
| Jul low F  =60.2
| Aug low F  =58.9
| Sep low F  =51.2
| Oct low F  =39.2
| Nov low F  =28.1
| Dec low F  =16.9

|Jan avg record low F = -8.7
|Feb avg record low F = -6.8
|Mar avg record low F = 3.3
|Apr avg record low F = 21.2
|May avg record low F = 32.1
|Jun avg record low F = 42.5
|Jul avg record low F = 50.1
|Aug avg record low F = 48.6
|Sep avg record low F = 37.2
|Oct avg record low F = 27.6
|Nov avg record low F = 13.8
|Dec avg record low F = -1.9
|year avg record low F = -12.1

|Jan record low F = -30
|Feb record low F = -30
|Mar record low F = -20
|Apr record low F = 2
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 32
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 21
|Oct record low F = 9
|Nov record low F = -8
|Dec record low F = -23

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.69
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.18
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.88
| Apr precipitation inch  =2.97
| May precipitation inch  =3.50
| Jun precipitation inch  =3.88
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.93
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.26
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.33
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.29
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.35
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.82

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.1
|Feb precipitation days = 7.5
|Mar precipitation days = 8.2
|Apr precipitation days = 10.6
|May precipitation days = 12.1
|Jun precipitation days = 11.4
|Jul precipitation days = 11.8
|Aug precipitation days = 10.2
|Sep precipitation days = 10.7
|Oct precipitation days = 12.1
|Nov precipitation days = 8.8
|Dec precipitation days = 9.4

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =11.7
| Feb snow inch  =11.1
| Mar snow inch  =7.6
| Apr snow inch  =3.4
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.1
| Nov snow inch  =1.9
| Dec snow inch  =8.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 8.0
|Feb snow days = 6.0
|Mar snow days = 3.7
|Apr snow days = 1.7
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
|Nov snow days = 1.7
|Dec snow days = 5.9

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00475091&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Marinette, WI
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=grb
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Green Bay
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1880= 5412
|1890= 11523
|1900= 16195
|1910= 14610
|1920= 13610
|1930= 13734
|1940= 14183
|1950= 14178
|1960= 13329
|1970= 12696
|1980= 11965
|1990= 11843
|2000= 11749
|2010= 10968
|2020= 11119
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Population peaked {{circa|1900}}, and vacillated for a few decades. With the decline in lumbering and restructuring in industry, the city has lost jobs and population since 1940, as shown in the table at right.<ref name="GR2" />

===2010 census===

As of the census<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 10,968 people, 4,934 households, and 2,801 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1605.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,464 housing units at an average density of {{convert|800.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 4,934 households, of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.2% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.81.

The median age in the city was 41 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.1% were from 25 to 44; 27.1% were from 45 to 64; and 17.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.

===2000 census===

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,749 people, 5,095 households, and 2,975 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,598|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,553 housing units at an average density of {{convert|821.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.43% White, 0.37% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races. 1.05% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,095 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males (52.8% female, 47.2% male population). For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,743, and the median income for a family was $41,996. Males had a median income of $32,161 versus $21,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,852. 9.0% of the population and 6.0% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.2% were under the age of 18 and 12.7% 65 or older.

==Transportation==

===Highways===
No [[Interstate Highway System|interstate highways]] pass through Marinette.
* [[File:US 41.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 41 in Wisconsin|US 41]] south connects with [[Peshtigo, Wisconsin|Peshtigo]].  North it continues into Michigan.
* [[File:WIS 64.svg|25px]] [[WIS 64]] westbound connects with [[Antigo, Wisconsin|Antigo]] and [[Mountain, Wisconsin|Mountain]].
* [[File:WIS 180.svg|25px]] [[WIS 180]] north connects with [[Wausaukee, Wisconsin|Wausaukee]].

===Bus===
[[File:UP 1995, Rochelle, 2007-03-11.jpg|right|thumb|200px|C&NW locomotives.]]
* [[Greyhound Bus]] and [[Amtrak Thruway]] service Marinette.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marinette, WI (MWI) {{!}} Amtrak |url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/mwi |website=www.amtrak.com |publisher=National Railroad Passenger Corporation |access-date=9 November 2023 |language=en |date=2023}}</ref>
* [[Indian Trails]] bus lines operates daily intercity bus service between [[Hancock, MI|Hancock]] and [[Milwaukee, WI]] with a stop in Marinette.<ref>{{cite web|title=HANCOCK-MARQUETTE-GREEN BAY-MILWAUKEE |publisher=[[Indian Trails]] |date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |url=http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1490_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222225859/http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1490_0.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>

===Rail===
Historically, the [[Chicago and Northwestern Railway]] served Marinette. The CNW's ''[[Peninsula 400]]'' (Chicago – Green Bay – Ishpeming) ran until 1969 and its [[Sleeping car#History|night train]] counterpart, the ''Iron Country,'' ran until 1960 or 1961.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Scribbins |first=Jim |url=http://www.trainlife.com/articles/239/the-400 |title=The 400 |magazine=RailNews |number=398 |date=March 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102145630/http://www.trainlife.com/articles/239/the-400 |archive-date=2 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical |title=Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Table 22|periodical=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=90 |issue=12 |date=May 1960}}</ref><ref>The night train eliminated. {{cite periodical |title=Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Table 16|periodical=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=94 |issue=1 |date=June 1961}}</ref>  There is currently no [[Passenger rail transport in the United States|passenger rail service]] in Marinette. Freight rail service is still available. 

Freight railroad service is now provided by [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.]] (WCL), the legal name of the [[Canadian National Railway Company]] in Wisconsin.

The [[Escanaba_and_Lake_Superior_Railroad|Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad]] also provides freight railroad service to Marinette by means of an Agreement with CN<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=MRA Rail Update |title=Moving Michigan |date=Spring 2018 |page = 3 |url = https://michiganrailroadsassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-Spring-Rail-Update-web.pdf |access-date = July 14, 2021 }}</ref> to provide switching services to both CN & E&LS customers in Marinette and to use CN trackage in Marinette to access E&LS customers in Menominee, Mi. The E&LS line from [[Crivitz,_Wisconsin|Crivitz]] Wi. to Marinette is used by E&LS to serve a few customers there, but is primarily used by the E&LS for railcar storage. This branch was formerly a Milwaukee Road ([[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad]] Co.) rail line.

===Airport===
The nearest airport is the [[Menominee-Marinette Twin County Airport]] in Menominee, Michigan. Historically, direct commercial service to [[Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport]], [[Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)|Iron Mountain-Ford Airport]], [[Door County Cherryland Airport]], [[O'Hare International Airport]], and [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]] as well as connecting flights to [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], [[Capital Region International Airport]], and [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport|Kent County International Airport]] were provided by [[North Central Airlines]] and [[Republic Airlines (1979–1986)|Republic Airlines]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last1=Price|first1=Jeffrey C.|title=Airport Maintenance Standards & Air Traffic Control & Air Operations|date=2016|work=Practical Airport Operations, Safety, and Emergency Management|pages=191–271|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-12-800515-6|last2=Forrest|first2=Jeffrey S.|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-800515-6.00007-x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Wisconsin airline service study|last=Wisconsin. Department of Transportation.|date=1977|publisher=Dept. of Transportation|oclc=5583895}}</ref> After declining ridership in the 1980s, commercial service ceased but the airport is available for private aircraft.<ref name=":0" />

The closest airport offering commercial transportation is [[Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport]] in Green Bay, about an hour away.

===Ferry===
Historically, a ferry named the Ann Arbor connected the twin city of Menominee, Michigan to Frankfort, Michigan via the Sturgeon Bay ship canal in the Door Peninsula, Wisconsin. There is currently no ferry service to Marinette or Menominee.

==Economy==

The Marinette area is home to a variety of industries, including [[shipbuilding]], auto parts, [[chemicals]], [[helicopters]], airplane components, [[pressure vessel]]s, and [[paper making]]. Marinette is also a home to the state's biggest [[Walmart]].

The Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce plays an active role in area tourism efforts, and provides venues for small businesses, young employees and professional women to network and learn. The organization also provides opportunities for business people and educators to work together to enhance opportunities for students. The organization merged with a chamber in neighboring Menominee, Michigan in 2005. It now includes more than 400 member businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mandmchamber.com|title=M&M Chamber of Commerce – Home|work=mandmchamber.com}}</ref>

[[Median household income]] as of 2011 in Marinette was $31,700, compared with $43,800 for the state of Wisconsin.<ref name=trulia />

===Housing market===

Most housing in Marinette was constructed during the decades of the early 20th century. More than half of all homes (53%) were built before 1950, with a plurality of those (45% of all homes) having been built prior to 1940. These numbers are about twice the rate of older homes in the rest of the state of Wisconsin. The [[median]] value of [[Owner-occupier|owner-occupied]] housing in Marinette is $58,100, compared to the state average of $112,200.<ref name=trulia>[http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Marinette-Wisconsin/community-info/ Trulia. ''Marinette Community Info''.] Retrieved November 28, 2011.</ref>

==Education==

Marinette is served by the Marinette School District. [[Marinette High School]] shares a historic football rivalry with the neighboring high school in [[Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]], Michigan. The two have hosted [[List of high school football rivalries (100 years+)|the oldest interstate rivalry between two public high schools in the country]], dating back to 1894.<ref>[http://www.eagleherald.com/llar0911.asp "ByeLines by Larry Ebsch: M&M Game spirit can't be beat"]; September 10, 2006; [http://ehextra.com/ Eagle Herald]; Retrieved September 10, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://mdvarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=725594 Kimmerly, Geoff (2007-10-12). "M&M rivalry conjures sweet memories". HighSchool Rivals.com.] Retrieved October 14, 2007.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=90wEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA150 "Life's Visit: Menominee vs. Marinette". ''Life'', volume 27:20 (Nov 14, 1949), pp. 150–155.] Retrieved September 6, 2011.</ref>

[[Religious education|Parochial education]] in Marinette is provided by the Catholic [[St. Thomas Aquinas Academy (Marinette, Wisconsin)|St. Thomas Aquinas Academy]] (K–12) and Trinity Lutheran School (K–8).

Marinette is home to the [[UW–Green Bay, Marinette Campus|University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Marinette Campus]], a two-year [[community college]] campus connected with the [[University of Wisconsin–Green Bay]]. UW–Marinette produces Theatre on the Bay, a [[community theatre]] program.<ref>[http://www.marinette.uwc.edu/studentlife/tobseason.htm Theatre on the Bay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608224550/http://www.marinette.uwc.edu/studentlife/tobseason.htm |date=June 8, 2010 }}</ref> The Marinette campus will end all in-person instruction in the fall of 2024, but the campus will continue to be used by the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Susan |date=January 22, 2024 |title=UW Green Bay Marinette Campus to Move Online in the Fall |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/22/another-wisconsin-branch-campus-move-online-fall |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}</ref> The city is also home to [[Northeast Wisconsin Technical College]]-Marinette Campus.

==Culture==
Marinette shares a hospital, community foundation, newspaper and [[chamber of commerce]] with Menominee. Numerous city groups work together to benefit the entire, two-city, two-county community.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marinette Campus, is the home to both Theatre on the Bay and Children's Theatre. All performances are held in the Herbert L. Williams Theatre on the UW-Marinette Campus. Together the two organizations traditionally present two musicals and three dramas or comedies annually to the community.

[[Wisconsin Historical Society|Wisconsin State Historical Marker]] no. 602 honoring animated film director [[John Hubley]] is in Marinette at the Stephenson Public Library.<ref>Heimdahl, Fitzie. "[https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/pdfs/Official%20List%20of%20Wisconsin%20Historical%20Markers%20May%202023.pdf WISCONSIN OFFICIAL HISTORICAL MARKERS - MAY 2023]". Published May 20, 2023. Accessed May 23, 2023.</ref>

==Media==

===Print===
Marinette's daily newspaper is the ''Eagle Herald''.<ref name=Herald>[http://www.eagleheraldnewspaper.com/ Marinette Menominee ''EagleHerald'' newspaper.] Retrieved October 24, 2011</ref> It was formed as a result of a merger between the ''Marinette Eagle-Star'' and the ''Menominee Herald-Leader''. Printing facilities are at the former Eagle-Star location in Marinette. Owned by [[Adams Publishing.]], the ''Eagle Herald'' has a circulation of over 10,000.<ref>[http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/49/2693/15560 MondoTimes. Listing: "Marinette Eagle Herald."] Retrieved October 24, 2011</ref>

The paper traces its origins to June 24, 1871, when the ''Marinette and Peshtigo Eagle'' was founded. It became a semi-weekly paper in 1885 and a daily in 1892. In 1903 the paper took over the ''Marinette North Star'' and renamed itself as the ''Marinette Eagle-Star''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagle-Star Notes 100th 'Birthday' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/898430/100th_anniversary_of_the_marinette/|newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press|date=April 24, 1971|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 22, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

===Radio===
[[File:WMAM Radio Station.jpg|thumb|right|WMAM radio station in 2011.]]
The following radio stations are [[city of license|licensed]] to Marinette:

'''AM'''
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!style="background:#ffcccc;"| Format<ref name=Arbitron>{{cite web | title = Station Information Profile | publisher = [[Arbitron]] | url = http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm | access-date = October 24, 2011}}</ref>
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|570||[[WMAM]]||[[Sports]]||
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|}

'''FM'''
{| class="wikitable"
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!style="background:#ffcccc;"| Frequency
!style="background:#ffcccc;"| [[Callsign]]<ref>{{cite web|title=FMQ FM Radio Database Query |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |url=http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html |access-date=October 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071957/http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html |archive-date=August 25, 2009 }}</ref>
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|92.5||[[WLCJ-LP]]||[[Catholic]]||
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|95.1||[[WLST]]||[[Country music]]||
|-
|107.7||[[WLWR-LP]]||[[Variety (US radio)|Variety]]||
|-
|}

===Television===
There are no [[broadcast television]] stations broadcasting in the [[Marinette micropolitan area]]. All area television is handled by the [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] television stations.

==Recreation and tourism==
[[File:2009-0619-Marinette-CH.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Marinette City Hall and Police Department]]

Marinette offers a variety of recreational activities and major events throughout the year. Tourism is promoted by the Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce.

===Parks===
Marinette has 5 parks<ref>[http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/parks/index.php City of Marinette. "The Marinette City Park System"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903105700/http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/parks/index.php |date=September 3, 2012 }} Accessed November 30, 2012</ref> that offer sightseeing, fishing, sledding, cross-country skiing, swimming, tennis, ice skating, picnic areas, baseball, and hiking. They are:
* City Park
* Dagget Street Park
* Fred Carney Park
* Red Arrow Park
* [[Stephenson Island (Wisconsin)|Stephenson Island]]

===Fishing and boating===
Marinette is located along the Menominee River and along [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay]], a major bay of [[Lake Michigan]]. Both bodies of water offer fishing and boating opportunities. There are several local events related to these sports, such as fishing derbies and sailboat races.

Visitors to the area are cautioned that county permits are not valid for use at the four city launches.<ref>[http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/parks/other_parks_information.php City of Marinette. "Other Marinette City Parks Information"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512022857/http://www.marinette.wi.us/tourism_and_recreation/parks/other_parks_information.php |date=May 12, 2012 }} Accessed November 30, 2012</ref>

===Major events===
* Marinette Logging and Heritage Fest (which replaced the Annual [[Fourth of July]] Celebration in 2012) occurs in mid-July<ref>[http://www.marinette.wi.us/files/news_events/LoggingHeritageBrochure.pdf City of Marinette. Logging Heritage Brochure.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302003044/http://www.marinette.wi.us/files/news_events/LoggingHeritageBrochure.pdf |date=March 2, 2013 }} Accessed November 30, 2012</ref>
* Sunset Concert Series, sponsored by the Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce and member businesses
* Productions from Theatre on the Bay, a university-community theater company founded in 1967

==Notable people==
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* [[Orin W. Angwall]], Wisconsin politician, former mayor
* [[Rick Bauman]], [[Oregon]] politician
* [[Patrick Clifford (politician)|Patrick Clifford]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Joanne V. Creighton]], president of [[Mount Holyoke College]]
* [[Howell Conant]], fashion photographer
* [[Thomas P. Corbett]], Wisconsin politician and jurist
* [[Hiram Orlando Fairchild]], member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Arthur Gardner (producer)|Arthur Gardner]], actor and producer
* [[Earl Girard|Earl "Jug" Girard]], [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Detroit Lions]] [[NFL]] player
* [[Ed Glick]], Green Bay Packers NFL player
* [[Robert Haase]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Eugene Hasenfus]], captured in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]
* [[Harvey V. Higley]], businessman and administrator of veterans affairs under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
* [[John Hubley]], [[Animation|animated film]] [[Film director|director]], co-creator of [[Mr. Magoo]]
* [[Joe Kresky]], NFL player
* [[James Larson (captain)|James Larson]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Charles Lavine]], member of the [[New York Assembly]]
* [[Edward Webster LeRoy]], Wisconsin politician and newspaper editor
* [[Francis O. Lindquist]], [[U.S. representative]] from Michigan
* [[James H. McGillan]], Mayor of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], Wisconsin
* [[Jim Magnuson]], [[MLB]] player
* [[Ernest Medina]], [[U.S. Army Captain]] court-martial for the [[My Lai massacre]]
* [[Roger Molander]], government official and activist
* [[Jab Murray]], NFL player
* [[Thomas M. Neuville]], [[Minnesota]] judge and politician
* [[James Pedersen]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Peter Pernin]], pastor, survivor and memoirist of the [[Peshtigo fire]]
* [[Tom Petri]], U.S. representative
* [[Roger Pillath]], NFL player
* [[Sammy Powers]], Green Bay Packers player
*[[Margaret S. Rood]], physical and occupational therapist
* [[Mitzi Shore]], West Coast comedy club owner
* [[Louis W. Staudenmaier]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Isaac Stephenson]], [[U.S. Senator]]
* [[Leslie R. Stevenson]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Buff Wagner]], [[Green Bay Packers]] player
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Interstate Bridge (Marinette, Wisconsin – Menominee, Michigan)]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Gard, Robert, and L.G. Soren. ''The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names.'' Minocqua, Wis.: 1988.
* Johnson, Beverly Hayward. ''Queen Marinette: Spirit of Survival on the Great Lakes Frontier.'' Amasa, MI: White Water Associates, Inc., 1995.
* Rentmeester, Jeanne, and Les Rentmeester. ''The Wisconsin Creoles.'' Melbourne, Fla.: Jeanne and Les Rentmeester, 1987.

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Marinette, Wisconsin}}
* [http://www.marinette.wi.us City of Marinette]
* [http://www.mandmchamber.com Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Marinette}}
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