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Milwaukee (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 54 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -87.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: French missionaries and fur traders visited site 1600s; town developed after Native Americans surrendered claims to land 1831-1833; heavy German immigration 1840-1890; large numbers of Polish and Italian immigrants arrived 1890s; largest city in state. |
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| Milwaukee (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Mahn-a-wau-kee See-pe (C,V)
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| Mahn-a-wauk-ee See-pe (C,V)
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| Mahn-a-waukee Seepe (C,V)
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| Mahn-a-waukie (C,V)
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| Mahn-ah-wauk Seepe (C,V)
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| Man-a-wau-kee (C,V)
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| Man-a-wauk-ee (C,V)
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| Man-na-wah-kie (C,V)
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| Mana'wa (C,V)
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| Manawaki (C,V)
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| Manawaukee (C,V)
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| Manayaukee (C,V)
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| Maunahwauke (C,V)
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| Mee-lee-waug-ee (C,V)
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| Meliki (C,V)
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| Melwarik (C,V)
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| Mil-wah-kie (C,V)
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| Milioke (C,V)
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| Millewacki (C,V)
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| Millicki (C,V)
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| Milo-aki (C,V)
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| Milouagui (C,V)
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| Milwacky (C,V)
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| Milwahkie (C,V)
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| Milwalky (C,V)
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| Milwarck (C,V)
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| Milwarik (C,V)
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| Milwaucki (C,V)
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| Milwaukie (C,V)
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| Minewaki (C,V)
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| Miniaki (C,V)
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| Winnipesaukee (C,V)
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| מילווקי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Juneautown (H,V)
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............ | village laid out 1835; joined with Kilbourntown as autonomous wards of Milwaukee 1839 |
| Kilbourntown (H,V)
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............ | village laid out 1835; joined with Juneautown as autonomous wards of Milwaukee 1839 |
| Mahn-a-waukee See-pe (H,V)
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............ | Native American, means "Gathering Place by the River" |
| Walker's Point (H,V)
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............ | merged into Milwaukee 1846 |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Milwaukee (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled 1836 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated 1846 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1836 |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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