Oak Creek, Wisconsin It has been suggested that Oak Creek Historical Society be consolidated into this article.

Oak Creek, Wisconsin Location of Oak Creek, Wisconsin Location of Oak Creek, Wisconsin Oak Creek is a town/city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.

4.1 Mayors of Oak Creek On January 2, 1838, the territorial council divided Milwaukee County into two civil townships: the Town of Milwaukee, encompassing everything north of the present Greenfield Avenue, and the Town of Lake encompassing everything south of the present Greenfield Avenue; "and the polls of election shall be opened at the home of Elisha Higgins, in said town." On March 8, 1839, a new Town of Kinnikennick was created, encompassing the part of Lake (later the Towns of Greenfield and Franklin); and on August 13, 1840, the south portion of the Town of Lake was split off to form the town of Oak Creek.

As of the 1840 census, the populace of the Town of Lake (then including Oak Creek) was 418. In 1955, the Town of Oak Creek, then still semi-rural with a populace of 4807 in the 1950 census, was incorporated as a town/city under the terms of Wisconsin statute 66.0215, also known as "The Oak Creek Law." The Oak Creek Law was crafted by Town Attorney Tony Basile to prevent Oak Creek's annexation by the City of Milwaukee, which by annexations (including the 1954 annexation of the remainder of the Town of Lake) was now bordering Oak Creek and had already took in one small portion of the town; and was shepherded through the council with the help of state Democratic party legislative joint committee chairman Leland Mc - Parland, who was the state senator for Oak Creek. On August 5, 2012, a white supremacist gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. The gunman and six other citizens died, and a several citizens were injured. Oak Creek is positioned at 42 53 4 N 87 53 57 W (42.884347, -87.899209). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 28.45 square miles (73.69 km2), all of it land. There were 11,239 homeholds out of which 33.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 56.4% were married couples residing together, 7.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 1.2% of families and 3.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

There were 14,064 homeholds of which 32.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 52.3% were married couples residing together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.5% were non-families.

23.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.8% were from 25 to 44; 27.4% were from 45 to 64; and 11% were 65 years of age or older.

At the federal level, Oak Creek is positioned in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Midwest Airlines's command posts were positioned in Oak Creek. In January 2010 Republic Airways, the parent business of Midwest, reported that it would move all Republic executives, including Midwest Airlines executives, to Indianapolis, Indiana. Mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus International reported June 22, 2010 that it would move command posts personnel from South Milwaukee to Midwest Airlines' former command posts space in Oak Creek.

The Oak Creek Power Plant is in Oak Creek.

Oak Creek is part of the Oak Creek Franklin School District. Oak Creek High School - Built 1962 (stamped on building) Renovated 2002 (stamped on building) Brian Calhoun, Oak Creek high school athletic star, played very briefly for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League Hobart, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Postmaster of Oak Creek. Mark Honadel, welder, businessman and state assemblyman; interval up in Oak Creek and graduated from OCHS John Matuszak, National Football League player and actor, born and interval up in Oak Creek John Ruan, Irish-born pioneer farmer who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, on the town board of Oak Creek, and as superintendent of schools for Milwaukee County Luke Scanlan, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and chairman of the Oak Creek Town Board, lived in Oak Creek. Cathy Stepp, businesswoman, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; graduated from OCHS Williams, Jr., Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Postmaster of Oak Creek. United States Enumeration Bureau.

Memoirs of Milwaukee County: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Milwaukee County, Chicago: Western Historical Association, 1909; Volume 1, pp.

Wisconsin Legislature Data Oak Creek: Fifty Years of Progress.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Oak Creek Franklin Join School District", About Our Schools'', Retrieved on 2010-12-8.

THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (11th ed.).

City of Oak Creek website of the Oak Creek Historical Society Municipalities and communities of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States

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