Mequon, Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin Mequon City Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Mequon City Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Official seal of Mequon, Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin is positioned in Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin - Mequon, Wisconsin Mequon (/ m kw n/ mek-won) is a town/city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
The region was originally inhabited by Native Americans; by the early 19th century, the Potawatomi occupied territory west of the Milwaukee River, while the Menominee lived between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. European trappers, explorers and traders used the Milwaukee River through the middle of what is now Mequon as a means of transportation.
The name "Mequon" is thought to have come from the Native-American word "Emikwaan" or "Miguan," meaning ladle, referring to the shape of the river in the area. The spelling was probably influenced by the French in the region at the time.
In the same year, twenty families from Pomerania established Freistadt (German: Free city) in the part of the Town of Mequon.
John Weston served as the first postmaster of the Town of Mequon, having settled in present-day Thiensville in 1837.
Thien, a wealthy immigrant from Saxony, had traveled north from Milwaukee and settled along the Milwaukee River, where his family assembled a dam and grist mill.
Thien hosted the first town meeting for the Town of Mequon in 1846. The region around his estate, one square mile in the middle of the Town of Mequon, was later incorporated as the village of Thiensville in 1910.
The Town of Mequon was incorporated as a town/city in 1957. Mequon is positioned at 43 13 27 N 87 57 36 W (43.224243, 87.960094), about 15 miles (24 km) north of Milwaukee, lying along the shore of Lake Michigan. It is part of the Milwaukee urbane area.
Although much of the populace lives in residentiary areas, roughly half of the territory inside the city's boundaries is undeveloped or farmed. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 48.77 square miles (126.31 km2), of which, 46.28 square miles (119.86 km2) is territory and 2.49 square miles (6.45 km2) is water. As of 2005, Mequon was the third-largest town/city in terms of territory area in the state of Wisconsin. Freistadt is a neighborhood of the town/city of Mequon.
Originally in the Town of Mequon, the region was added to the City of Mequon through annexation. Mequon experiences four diverse seasons, with variation in rain and temperature being very wide.
In March and April, the temperature in Mequon can be 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 8 degrees Celsius) cooler than temperatures in suburbs just 15 miles (25 kilometers) further from the lake. In December and January, the effect is reversed, with temperatures in inland suburbs falling much lower.
In Mequon, the warmest month of the year is July, when the high temperature averages 81 F (27 C), with low temperatures of roughly 59 F (15 C).
January is the coldest month in Mequon, with average high temperatures averaging only 27 F (-3 C), and lows averaging 11 F (-12 C). February is the driest month, with nearly all rain falling in the form of snow.
The city's adjacency to Lake Michigan often increases the snow received by the city.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Mequon was 105 F (41 C) on July 24, 1935, and again on July 17, 1995.
Climate data for Mequon, Wisconsin There were 8,598 homeholds of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 68.9% were married couples residing together, 5.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 23.7% were non-families.
Enumeration Bureau estimated the median income for a homehold in the town/city in 2009-2011 to be $106,647, and the median income for a family to be $124,422. The per capita income for the town/city estimated at $64,530. About 1.2% of families and 3.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over. During the same period, the median homehold value for Mequon was estimated at $357,200. In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Concordia University of Wisconsin's School of Pharmacy, in Mequon.
Most of Mequon is served by the Mequon-Thiensville School District, although 6 square miles (16 km2) in the far northwest is served by the Cedarburg School District. Three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, Homestead High School, are part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District.
Mequon has a number of college studies establishments, including Concordia University Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, and the northern ground of the Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Mequon includes more than two dozen parks and hundreds of acres[clarification needed] of improve parks and nature preserves directed by the city, and some directed by the county.
The Ozaukee Interurban Trail runs for 5.85 miles (9.41 km) south to north through the city.
Grasslyn Nature Preserve: 15 acres (6.1 ha).
Nature preserve in the southeast of the city.
Dog strolling park in southeastern Mequon.
Neighborhood park in southwestern Mequon.
Lilly Lane Nature Preserve: 12 acres (4.9 ha).
Nature preserve in southern Mequon.
Nature preserve in Mequon, along the Little Menomonee River Mequon Community Park: 16 acres (6.5 ha).
Mequon Nature Preserve: 408 acres (165 ha).
Nature preserve in southwestern Mequon.
River Barn Park: 37 acres (15 ha).
Community park in southern Mequon along the Milwaukee River.
River Forest Nature Preserve: 62 acres (25 ha).
Nature preserve in central Mequon along the Milwaukee River.
Neighborhood park in central Mequon along the Milwaukee River.
Community park in northern Mequon.
Also includes Pukaite Woods which includes a handicapped accessible nature trail.
Nature preserve in easterly Mequon along the Milwaukee River.
Shoreland Nature Preserve: 19 acres (7.7 ha).
Nature preserve in northeastern Mequon along the Milwaukee River.
Nature preserve in southwestern Mequon.
Wetland park in southern Mequon.
Community park east of Thiensville along Milwaukee River.
Willow Bay Nature Preserve: 22 acres (8.9 ha).
Nature preserve in northeastern Mequon along the Milwaukee River. Mee-Kwon Park: County park in northern Mequon.
County park in easterly Mequon on Lake Michigan.
In 2005, CNN's Money periodical listed Mequon 19th among its 100 Best Small Cities in the United States, ranked jointly with Thiensville, a village surrounded by Mequon. Asmus, interval up in Mequon and graduated from Homestead High School.
Mike Dunleavy, Jr., experienced basketball player, lived in Mequon and visited Homestead High School.
Jack Harbaugh, former AFL player and coach lives in Mequon.
Willy Porter, musician, interval up in Mequon, and visited Homestead High School.
John Ridley, Academy Award winning screenwriter, director, actor, interval up in Mequon, and visited Homestead High School. Adolphus Zimmermann, brewer, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and chairman of the town board; brother-in-law of William F.
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"Mequon indigenous Ridley talks Oscar nominations for '12 Years A Slave'".
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