Appleton is a city in
Outagamie (mostly),
Calumet, and
Winnebago counties in the
U.S. state of
Wisconsin. One of the
Fox Cities, it is situated on the
Fox River, southwest of
Green Bay and north of
Milwaukee. Appleton is the
county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 72,623 at the
2010 census. Of this, 60,045 were in Outagamie County, 11,088 in Calumet County, and 1,490 in Winnebago County. Appleton is the principal city of the Appleton, Wisconsin
Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
Combined Statistical Area.