Waukesha, Wisconsin
Waukesha, Wisconsin Old Waukesha County Courthouse Old Waukesha County Courthouse Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
County Waukesha Waukesha (/ w k /) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
The town/city is contiguous to the Town of Waukesha.
1.1 Waukesha's name The region that Waukesha now encompasses was first settled by European-Americans in 1834, with Morris D.
Waukesha was a New England settlement.
The initial founders of Waukesha consisted entirely of pioneer from New England, especially Connecticut, non-urban Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well some from upstate New York who were born to parents who had migrated to that region from New England shortly after the American Revolution.
When they appeared in what is now Waukesha County there was nothing but dense virgin forest and wild prairie, the New Englanders laid out farms, constructed roads, erected government buildings and established post routes.
Due to the second Great Awakening some of them had converted to Methodism and some had turn into Baptists before moving to what is now Waukesha County. Waukesha, like much of Wisconsin, would be culturally very continuous with early New England culture for most of its early history. By 1846, the region was incorporated as the village of Prairieville. On February 8, 1847, the village changed its name to "Waukesha," and in 1896, incorporated as a city. The first assigned mayor of the newly incorporated town/city of Waukesha was John Brehm, who served from January to April 1896. Waukesha's name Sears spent his last years on his farm near Waukesha.
Matthew Laflin, an early pioneer of Chicago, Illinois, provided the capital and enterprise that laid the foundation for Waukesha as a famous Wisconsin watering resort and was the proprietor of the grand resort, the Fountain Spring House.
Waukesha was once known for its extremely clean and good-tasting spring water and was called a "spa town." Sears, founder of Sears and Roebuck, may have been thriving to Waukesha by the waters.
In 1914, Sears died in Waukesha of Bright's disease, leaving an estate estimated at $20 million. In 1956, Helen Moore, who ran a mud bath spa in Waukesha, appeared as a guest on What's My Line. In 2013, Waukesha applied for permission to withdraw water from Lake Michigan. Because Waukesha is outside the lake's basin, the 2008 Great Lakes Compact makes the town/city ineligible to withdraw water from the lake without approval from the governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. As of September 2015, only Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has consented.
Brad Robinson threw the first legal forward pass in Waukesha in 1906.
One of the most meaningful "firsts" in American sports history occurred in Waukesha on September 5, 1906, when Carroll College (now Carroll University) hosted the football team from St.
During the Cold War, Waukesha County was the site of three Nike Missile batteries, positioned in the town/city of Waukesha and close-by Muskego and Lannon.
In the town/city of Waukesha, the U.S.
Waukesha is positioned near the center of Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin, 18 miles (29 km) west of Milwaukee.
Waukesha is also positioned 59 miles (95 km) east of Madison.
The town/city shares borders with City of Brookfield, Town of Brookfield, Genesee, New Berlin, City of Pewaukee, Village of Pewaukee, Town of Delafield and Town of Waukesha.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.07 square miles (64.93 km2), of which 24.81 square miles (64.26 km2) is territory and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) is water. Climate data for Waukesha, Wisconsin (1981 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 6.8 5.1 3.5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 1.1 6.2 23.8 In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Waukesha County Airport (KUES) and Waukesha Metro Transit serve the town/city and encircling communities.
Sanger House is one of sixty-seven sites in Waukesha listed on the National Register of Historic Places According to Waukesha's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Waukesha Memorial Hospital 2,126 4 Waukesha School District 1,876 6 Waukesha County 1,376 9 Waukesha Engine 800 10 Waukesha Health System 734 Downtown Waukesha is the site of one of the stages of the Tour of America's Dairyland cycling event, which features a criterium race, started in 1993.
Waukesha's mayor is Shawn Reilly and its people are represented by Jim Sensenbrenner (R) in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) in the United States Senate.
Chris Kapenga (R) represents Waukesha in the Wisconsin State Senate, and Scott Allen (R) and Adam Neylon (R) represent Waukesha in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Waukesha is home to Carroll University, formerly known as Carroll College, a private Presbyterian university.
Located on the city's northwest side, the University of Wisconsin Waukesha, part of the UW system, offers two-year associate degrees.
Waukesha County Technical College has a ground located in the downtown area.
One of the two New Tribes Bible Institute campuses inside the United States is positioned on a large hill in central Waukesha.
The School District of Waukesha serves the town/city and portions of encircling municipalities.
It operates four high schools in the city: Waukesha South High School, Waukesha West High School, Waukesha North High School, and Harvey Phillip (East) High School, an alternative school.
It also operates two charter schools; Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy (WEPA), and the Waukesha Academy of Health Professions (WAHP).
The town/city is home to Waukesha County's only Roman Catholic high school, Catholic Memorial High School.
Waukesha Christian Academy is a small K-12 school positioned on the city's west side.
Newspaper, Waukesha Freeman, Conley Publishing Group, established in 1859 Newspaper and online news website, Waukesha NOW, Journal Community Publishing Group, established in 2010 In 2012 and 2013, Gibson Guitar Corporation chose Waukesha for its "Guitar - Town" arts project. In 2012, Money periodical ranked Waukesha one of the "100 Best Places to Live," in the United States. In 2011 and 2012, America's Promise Alliance ranked Waukesha one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People" in the United States. In 2011, the National Recreation and Park Association granted Waukesha their "Gold Medal Award". In 2011, the Wisconsin Library Association designated Waukesha's Public Library as the "Wisconsin Library of the Year". The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources.
The Yankee Exodus: An Account of Migration from New England by Stewart Hall Holbrook.
The Yankee Exodus: An Account of Migration from New England by Stewart Hall Holbrook.
The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States Western Historical Company, 1880 pages 173, 232, 233 The Yankee Exodus: An Account of Migration from New England by Stewart Hall Holbrook.
"Land Divisions Within Waukesha County".
"NAME CHANGED FROM PRAIRIEVILLE TO WAUKESHA, P.
"John Brehm, 74, First Mayor of Waukesha Dies".
City of Waukesha.
Wisconsin Archeological Society, The Wisconsin Archeologist, 1922, p.
& Jean Penn Loerke, From Farmlands to Freeways: A History of Waukesha County Wisconsin, Waukesha County Historical Society, 1984.
"Waukesha Spa" Milwaukee Journal.
"Waukesha 'The Saratoga of the West'".
Larson, Eric, The Devil in the White City, p.139,175-76 "Waukesha Water Utility Public Notice".
"City of Waukesha Water Diversion application".
"Waukesha Plan for Lake Michigan Water Raises Worries".
City of Waukesha CAFR "Waukesha to get enormous Gibson guitars".
"Americas Promise Alliance Waukesha, Wisconsin".
"Americas Promise Alliance Waukesha, Wisconsin".
"Waukesha indigenous Nick Viall ABC's next 'Bachelor'".
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