Weyauwega is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,900 at the 2010 census. The city is located mostly within the Town of Weyauwega, though it is politically independent of the town. Small portions extend north into the adjacent Town of Royalton.

How did Weyauwega get its name?

Corruption of ouiawikan, (Chippewa) (he makes it his body, or he embodies it). Probably some Native American legend is attached to the place which gave it the name. Menabosho, the great Algonkin demi-god, used to assume different shapes.

What does the name Waupaca mean?

“Waupaca” is an Menominee word, Wāpahkoh, which means Place of Tomorrow Seen Clearly. For more than 10,000 years, the Menominee occupied about 10 million acres, including Waupaca and the Chain O'Lakes area. ... By 1852, a post office had been established and the settlement was officially named Waupaca.