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Welcome to Milwaukee ...The city of Milwaukee is primarily located in Milwaukee County<1> and is the County Seat for Milwaukee County. A portion of Milwaukee extends into Washington County and Waukesha County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Milwaukee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. When the people of Milwaukee refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Milwaukeean<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Milwaukee has a population of 590,952 people<3> (see below for details). Milwaukee is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Milwaukee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP codes for Milwaukee: 53201-53228, 53233-53235, 53237, 53259, 53263, 53267-53268, 53274, 53278, 53288, 53290, 53293, 53295<5> Websites for Milwaukee ...Official Website: www.milwaukee.gov/ Junior League: www.jlmilw.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Milwaukee had an population of 590,952 people. This is a decrease of 0.65% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Milwaukee had a population of 594,833 people (which is 62.76% of the total population of Milwaukee County). This makes Milwaukee the county's most populous community. The population of Milwaukee represents 10.46% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 594,833 people, the population of Milwaukee has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 596,974 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Milwaukee. Communities Also Named Milwaukee ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Milwaukee - they are located in Kansas (3), North Carolina and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Milwaukee. Communities near Milwaukee ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Milwaukee.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Milwaukee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Milwaukee. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Milwaukee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milwaukee. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Milwaukee. Our list includes 259 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Milwaukee. Adding Milwaukee to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Milwaukee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Milwaukee was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). We also found Milwaukee on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1860. For more details, see References and Mentions for Milwaukee. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Milwaukee: www.milwaukee.gov/ The official website for Milwaukee County: www.co.milwaukee.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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