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Area code. 262. FIPS code. 55-84250. Website. waukesha-wi .gov. Waukesha ( / ˈwɔːkɪʃɔː / WAW-ki-shaw) is the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Fox River. Its population was 71,158 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Wisconsin. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
The area that became Waukesha County was originally included within Milwaukee County. What is now the city of Waukesha was identified in the late 1830s as Prairie Village; the settlement soon was renamed Prairieville. The surrounding Town of Prairieville was created in 1842, with the first town meeting held on April 5.
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Waukesha ( / ˈwɔːkɪʃɔː /) is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Its population was 71,158 at the 2020 census. [1] From 1846 to 1847, the city was called Prairieville. [2] In 2021, six people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack .
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The Town of Waukesha’s population doubled from 4,408 in 1970 to 8,832 in 2005. There were 9,133 inhabitants in the town in 2010. About 98 percent of the housing in the Town of Waukesha is owner-occupied, and the average adjusted gross income per tax return was close to $60,000 in 2004; the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey put ...
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Waukesha County was carved out of Milwaukee County in 1846. It is now bordered on the east by Milwaukee County, to the south by Racine County and Walworth County, to the west by Jefferson County, and to the north by Dodge County and Washington County. Within Waukesha County’s 549.6 square miles there are eleven towns, nineteen villages, and ...
Waukesha Biota in the Lagerstätte of the Silurian from Waukesha Dolomite. USS Waukesha, a U.S. Navy shipname. USS Waukesha (AKA-84), a WWII U.S.Navy Tolland-class attack cargo ship. Waukesha Christmas parade attack (2021), a vehicle-ramming attack targeting a Christmas parade.
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