Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Village of Wauwatosa along the banks of the Menomonee River
Coordinates: 43°03′32″N 88°01′34″W / 43.05889, -88.02611
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Milwaukee
Government
- Mayor	Jill Didier
- Congressional Rep.	Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
Area
- City	13. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States This is a list of 72 counties in the US state of Wisconsin. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS code which is used by the United Milwaukee County is a county in the US state of Wisconsin. As of 2007 the population was 951242 Jill Didier is an American politician and the current Mayor of Wauwatosa Wisconsin. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Frank James (Jim Sensenbrenner Jr (born June 14, 1943) is an American politician who has been a member of the Republican Party in the Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status 20 sq mi (21. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 24 km²)
- Land	13. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi (34. 3 km²)
- Water	1. 50 sq mi (2. 41 km²)  11. 35%
Elevation	673 ft (205 m)
Population (2006)
- City	44,798
- Density	3,410. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 15/sq mi (2,119. 30/km²)
- Metro	1,753,355
Time zone	Central (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	55-84675[1]
GNIS feature ID	1576335[2]
Website: http://www.wauwatosa.net

Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, and was incorporated on May 27, 1897. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Milwaukee County is a county in the US state of Wisconsin. As of 2007 the population was 951242 Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common ^[3] As of the 2006 census estimate, the city's population was 44,798. Wauwatosa is located immediately west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The Milwaukee&ndashRacine&ndashWaukesha metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milwaukee) is an urban area that the U It is named after the Potawatomi word for firefly. The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie and Pottawatomi, among many variations) are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi FireFly is the second single by Essex Alternative rock band InMe.

Wauwatosa contains Milwaukee County's Regional Medical Center, which includes the Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and Froedtert Hospital, one of two level-one trauma centers in the state. Medical College of Wisconsin is a Medical school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. A trauma center is a Hospital equipped to provide comprehensive Emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries Other points of interest are the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; and the Memorial Center, built in 1957, which contains a public library, an auditorium, and the city hall. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA, was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who The Washington Highlands, a residential neighborhood designed in 1916 by renowned city planner Werner Hegemann, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Werner Hegemann ( June 15 1881 &ndash April 12, 1936) was a City planner, Critic on Architecture and Author The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

History

The lush Menomonee River Valley of the Wauwatosa area provided a key overland gateway between the rich glacial farmland of southeastern Wisconsin and the Port of Milwaukee. The Menomonee Valley or Menomonee River Valley is a U-shaped land formation along the southern bend of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee Wisconsin. In 1835, Charles Hart became the first permanent white settler, followed by seventeen other families the same year. The following year a United States Road was built from Milwaukee through Wauwatosa, eventually reaching Madison. Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County.

The Town of Wauwatosa was created by act of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in 1840, and the town government was organized in 1842. A civil township is a widely used unit of Local government in the United States, subordinate to a county. The town's borders originally extended from Greenfield Avenue in the south to Hampton Avenue in the north, and from 27th Street in the east to the Waukesha County line in the west, encompassing sections of present-day Milwaukee and West Allis. Waukesha County is a county in the US state of Wisconsin. As of 2000 the population was 360767 West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Most of the town was farmland through the remainder of the nineteenth century.

In 1849 the Watertown Plank Road was constructed through Wauwatosa, mainly following the old Madison territorial road. Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson Counties in the US A plank road or puncheon is a dirt path or road covered with a series of planks similar to the wooden sidewalks one would see in a Western movie In 1851 Wisconsin's first railroad (later becoming The Milwaukee Road) established Wauwatosa as its western terminus. The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad ( CMSP&P RR), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest The Village of Wauwatosa was incorporated from the central part of the Town of Wauwatosa in 1892, and was recharted as the City of Wauwatosa in 1897.

Wauwatosa in 1892

In the 1950s, the City of Wauwatosa more than doubled its size by annexing 8. Annexation ( Latin ad, to and nexus, joining is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous 5 square miles (22 km²) of land west of the Menomonee River from the Town of Wauwatosa, which became the home to several large cold storage and regional food distribution terminals. Industrial plants owned by firms including Harley-Davidson and Briggs & Stratton were also constructed. Harley-Davidson Motor Company ( formerly HDI is an American manufacturer of Motorcycles based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Briggs & Stratton is one of the world's largest manufacturers of Air-cooled Gasoline engines for primarily outdoor power equipment

In the past 40 years, western Wauwatosa has become an edge city with an important commercial and retail district built up along Milwaukee's beltline Highway 100 and anchored by the Mayfair Mall. Edge city is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business shopping and entertainment outside a traditional Urban area in what had recently been State Trunk Highway 100 ( STH 100, commonly known as Highway 100 or WIS 100) is a road which encircles the outer edges of Milwaukee County. Mayfair Mall is an Upscale Shopping mall located on Mayfair Road ( Highway 100) between North Avenue and Center Street in Wauwatosa Wisconsin

Wauwatosa received some national attention in 1992 when the Wauwatosa Common Council, threatened with a lawsuit, decided to remove a Christian cross from the City's seal adopted in 1957. The Christian cross is the best-known Religious symbol of Christianity.

Geography

Robertson Ace Hardware Building; one of the original buildings in Wauwatosa

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Wauwatosa is located at 43°3′32″N, 88°1′34″W (43. 058862, -88. 026162)^[4]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 2 square miles (34. 3 km²), none of which, except for the Menomonee River, is covered with water.

Eastern Wauwatosa is also known for its homes and residential streets, at one time just a short streetcar ride away from downtown Milwaukee. Prior to the arrival of Dutch elm disease, many of Wauwatosa's older residential streets had large gothic colonnades of American Elm trees. Dutch elm disease (DED is a fungal disease of Elm trees which is spread by the Elm bark beetle. Ulmus americana, generally known as the American Elm or less commonly as the White Elm or Water Elm, is a species native to eastern In Wauwatosa, the Menomonee Valley made it easier to quarry portions of the Niagara Escarpment, which provided the necessary materials for sturdy cream colored bricks and stout limestone foundations used in many homes and public buildings throughout the region. The Menomonee Valley or Menomonee River Valley is a U-shaped land formation along the southern bend of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Niagara Escarpment is a long Escarpment, or Cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through

Demographics

As of the census estimate^[1] of 2004, there were 45,602 people, 20,388 households, and 12,314 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,570. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5 people per square mile (1,378. 5/km²). There were 20,917 housing units at an average density of 1,579. 9/sq mi (610. 0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93. 97% White, 2. 04% African American, 0. 27% Native American, 1. 94% Asian, 0. 07% Pacific Islander, 0. 54% from other races, and 1. 17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 72% of the population.

There were 20,388 households out of which 28. 3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50. 0% were married couples living together, 7. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39. 6% were non-families. 33. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 27 and the average family size was 2. 96.

In the city the population was spread out with 23. 3% under the age of 18, 5. 5% from 18 to 24, 31. 2% from 25 to 44, 21. 9% from 45 to 64, and 18. 2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 86. 3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81. 9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,519, and the median income for a family was $68,030. Males had a median income of $46,721 versus $35,289 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,834. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 2. 3% of families and 3. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 9% of those under age 18 and 5. 5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The city has one public school district, the Wauwatosa School District

High Schools: Wauwatosa West, Wauwatosa East

Middle Schools: Whitman, Longfellow

Elementary Schools: Eisenhower, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Underwood, Washington, Wilson

There are also numerous Catholic elementary schools in the city: St. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Wauwatosa West High School is a comprehensive four-year Public high school located in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA. Wauwatosa East High School is a comprehensive four-year Public high school in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, as part of the Wauwatosa School District Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Bernard, St. Joseph, St. Jude, St. Pius X, and Christ King.

According to the 2000 U. S. Census, of Wauwatosa residents 25 years of age and older, 93. 4% were high school graduates or better, and 47. 6% had a bachelor's degree or better.

References

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3. ^ Village of Wauwatosa. CITY OF WAUWATOSA INCORPORATED MAY 27, 1897 UNDER GENERAL LAW, RECORDED IN MISC. REC. VOL. 5, PG. 397; BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION. Office of the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Retrieved on 2007-04-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
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External links

• City of Wauwatosa
• Wauwatosa Now
• The Washington Highlands
• Wauwatosa Historical Society

• Wauwatosa, Wisconsin is at coordinates 43°03′32″N 88°01′34″W / 43.058862, -88.026162 (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)Coordinates: 43°03′32″N 88°01′34″W / 43.058862, -88.026162 (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)