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Milwaukee (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i / mil-WAW-kee) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st-most populous city in the United States, and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest.
- Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Milwaukee County (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i /) is located in the...
- List of People From Milwaukee
Born and raised in Milwaukee. The following people were born...
- Milwaukee City Hall
Design City Hall's eight-story open atrium. Milwaukee City...
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- St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
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- Milwaukee Metropolitan Area
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- Milwaukee Art Museum
2015 Shields Building. In November 2015, the museum opened a...
- The Rave
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- WISN
WISN-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Milwaukee,...
- Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States. Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and remains the only major city in the country to have done so.
Milwaukee. / 43.05; -87.95. Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin. Milwaukee is also the 31st largest city in the United States. The city is the county seat of Milwaukee County. It is on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, and is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Chicago. As of 2020, about 577,222 people lived in ...
- January 31, 1846; 177 years ago
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5 days ago · Milwaukee skyline from Lake Michigan view. Milwaukee, city, seat (1835) of Milwaukee county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S. It is a port of entry on Lake Michigan, where the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic rivers join and flow into Milwaukee Bay, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Chicago. Milwaukee, the state’s largest city, forms the ...
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Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st-most populous city in the United States, and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest. It is the central city of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the 40th-most populous metro area in the U.S. Milwaukee is ...
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Skyline as seen from Bay View. Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city's population is about 600,000 with about 1.6 million in the metropolitan area (2019). It is in the southeastern portion of the state on the western shore of Lake Michigan . Milwaukee Art Museum.
A British officer stationed in Green Bay, Lt. James Gorrell, transcribed the name of the area as Milwacky. A traveling companion of the French explorer LaSalle, Father Zenobe Membre, wrote in 1697 of a river called Mellioke. The first immigrants to Milwaukee were French and French Canadian traders and trappers.