{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox islands <!-- Maps --> |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Wisconsin#USA | name = Doty Island | image = DotyIslandFoxRiverNeenahWisconsin.jpg | image_caption = Looking north at Doty Island over the Fox River | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | location =Lake Winnebago | coordinates = {{coord|44.1935973|-88.4476086|format=dms|type:isle_region:US-WI|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_acre = | rank = | length_mi = | width_mi = | coastline_mi = | highest_mount = | elevation_ft = 755 | country = United States | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = Wisconsin | country1_admin_divisions_title = County | country1_admin_divisions =Winnebago | country2_admin_divisions_title = Cities | country2_admin_divisions =Menasha and Neenah | population = | population_as_of = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}
'''Doty Island''' is an island in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite gnis|1564075|Doty Island (Wisconsin)}}</ref> Its northern part is in the city of Menasha and its southern part is in the city of Neenah. Doty Island is surrounded by two branches of the Fox River on the north and south, flowing from Lake Winnebago<ref>[http://www.pbase.com/tmak2654952/image/56642060 Original Doty Island Sketch Redone photo - Tom Makofski photos at pbase.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> to the east, and Little Lake Butte des Morts to the west. The island's elevation is approximately {{convert|755|ft|-1}} above sea level.
[[File:GrandLoggeryFrontDotyIslandParkWisconsin.jpg|thumb|right|James Duane Doty's house, the "Grand Loggery"]]
==History== The Ho-Chunk chief Glory of the Morning lived in a village on Doty Island in the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=212&keyword=glory Glory of the Morning, Ho-chunk peace chief, dates unverified<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
It was given the name Doty Island after James Duane Doty (1799–1865), Governor of the Wisconsin Territory (1841–1844),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=10420&keyword=doty |title=Doty's Island<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-29 |archive-date=2008-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824125629/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dotyisland.com/index.php?f=aboutdi |title=Doty Island Development Council<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209044049/http://dotyisland.com/index.php?f=aboutdi |archive-date=2007-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a two-term member of Congress (1849–1853). Following his service in the nation's capital, Doty retired to his "Grand Loggery" home on the island near its southern shore, in present-day Doty Park in Neenah.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Doty Island}} *[http://dotyisland.com Doty Island Development Council official website] *[http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/NeenahLocHist/NHHistSFS/reference/wi.nhhistsfs.i0035.pdf Doty Cabin] on Doty Island
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Category:Landforms of Winnebago County, Wisconsin Category:River islands of Wisconsin
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