Fond du Lac travel guide

Fond du Lac (locally pronounced "Fonda-lack") is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for Bottom of the Lake (other translations have included Foot of the Lake or Farthest End of the Lake), for it is located at the bottom (south end) of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census. The city is contiguous to the Town of Fond du Lac, although a small portion borders other adjacent towns. Colloquially, Fond du Lac is known as "Fondy".
Together with surrounding communities, the Fond du Lac metropolitan area was, according to the 2000 census, home to 57,479 people. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Fond du Lac County (2000 population: 97,296), and which, when combined with the 'Beaver Dam (city), WI Micropolitan Statistical Area', form the larger 'Fond du Lac-Beaver Dam, WI Combined Statistical Area'. It was named the safest metropolitan area in the United States in the 2006 edition of City Crime Rankings by Morgan Quitno Press. (...) more....

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