Pewaukee, Wisconsin Pewaukee, Wisconsin Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
Pewaukee is a town/city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
The Village of Pewaukee, which was incorporated out of the town before it incorporated as a city, is surrounded by the city.
The town/city of Pewaukee was incorporated in 1999, from the parts of the former Town of Pewaukee not encompassed in the Village of Pewaukee.
The town had been established by an act of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature allowed January 13, 1840, eight years before Wisconsin attained statehood.
When voting took place to decide the governmental center of county for Waukesha County, Waukesha beat out Pewaukee by two votes. Pewaukee is positioned at 43 4 N 88 15 W (43.0614, -88.2495). It is positioned in the Lake Country region of Waukesha County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.15 square miles (54.78 km2), of which, 19.50 square miles (50.50 km2) is territory and 1.65 square miles (4.27 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.3% White, 1.1% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,410 homeholds of which 28.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 63.7% were married couples residing together, 5.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.2% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 45.3 years.
21.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 4.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23% were from 25 to 44; 34.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.22% White, 0.35% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.07% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other competitions, and 0.84% from two or more competitions.
Approximately 31.5% of homeholds had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 69.2% were residing together, 5.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
Made up of four separate schools that encompass early childhood to the 12th grade, Pewaukee Schools surround a central parking lot ornamented with trees and grass.
Pewaukee Lake Elementary school serves pupils from early childhood to 3rd grade.
Pewaukee High School (PHS) is the high school, serving grades 9 through 12.
Pewaukee is also home to two Roman Catholic undertaking schools: Queen of Apostles School, which began in 1868, and St.
Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC), part of the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), has a chief campus positioned in Pewaukee.
The town/city is home to one of the biggest churches in the Milwaukee area, Spring Creek Church.
The Hindu Temple of Wisconsin is also positioned in the Village of Pewaukee.
Other churches include Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Fox River Congregational Church, St.
Anthony on the Lake Catholic Church, Gethsemane United Methodist Church, Crossroads Church, Galilee Lutheran Church, St.
Pewaukee Area Historical Society The Clark House Museum, positioned in the Village of Pewaukee, was originally a stage coach inn on the Watertown Plank Road that ran from Milwaukee to Watertown.
The inn was assembled by Mosely Clark, the son of Pewaukee's first settler, Asa Clark. The Clark House remained in the Clark family until the death of Marietta Clark Larson, great-granddaughter of Asa, in 1984.
The exhibition displays include an exhibits on Native American settlement with emphasis on the Potawatomi and Waukesha Beach, a prominent amusement park on the shore of Pewaukee Lake.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
The History of the Settlement and Progress of Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of Walter G.
"Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Goss" in Wisconsin Blue Book 1893, p.
'Wisconsin Blue Book 1956,' Biographical Sketch of Alvin J.
City of Pewaukee Municipalities and communities of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
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