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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Administration
Full nameWauwatosa, Wisconsin
Official nameWauwatosa, Wisconsin
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountyMilwaukee
Government
MayorJill Didier
Congressional Rep.Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
Geography
Total Area13.20 sq mi (34.2 km2)
Land Area13.2 sq mi (34.2 km2)
Water Area1.50 sq mi (3.9 km2)
Elevation673 ft (205.1 m)
Demography
Total Population44798 (2006)
Density (pop.)1316.3/km2 (3410.15/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)1,753,355 (Milwaukee)
Other information
Time zoneCentral (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)CDT (UTC-5)
Area code414
FIPS code55-84675 
GNIS feature ID1576335 

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Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, and was incorporated on May 27, 1897. 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. It is named after the Potawatomi word for firefly.

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Two scenes of the westbound Afternoon Hiawatha of the Milwaukee Road from 8mm movie taken by my father around 1964. First scene at Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Second scene at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (just west of Milwaukee)
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Saturday night...I'm off duty from the American Red Cross Disaster Action Team this week...At around 11pm I start hearing explosions towards the front of my house...I grab my umbrella, police scanner, and digital camera and here is what I see!..Transformer fire in a residential neighborhood on the SE side of Tosa!
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High School Football Game Highlights from week 7 including: Watertown @ Hartford, Slinger @ Wisconsin Lutheran, West Bend West @ West Bend East, Burlington @ Racine Park, Kenosha Bradford @ Racine Horlick and West Akkus Centra @ Wauwatosa East
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92 year young Rachel M. Veitch and her incredible 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente "Chariot" nearing 600000 original miles interviewed by Richard Voigt on July 14, 2010, thanks to Scott Krause at the Uptown Lincoln Mercury Dealership in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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92 year young Rachel M. Veitch and her incredible 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente "Chariot" nearing 600000 original miles interviewed by Richard Voigt on July 14, 2010, thanks to Scott Krause at the Uptown Lincoln Mercury Dealership in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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Video of the Menomonee River flood of June 21, 1997 in Wauwatosa Wisconsin. Part 1 includes Jacobus Park & 70th street locations. Part 2 includes the village center and Hart Park locations. Part 3 includes video of the river days after the flood, and a comparative slide show of during, after, and long after the event. The satellite imagery is from 2005.
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Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 steam locomotive 261 passes the 115th Street crossing in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin at track speed with an excursion train for the Wisconsin Dells. Train includes ex-Milwaukee Road Superdome and Skytop observation car "Cedar Rapids". The train is approximately 8 miles west of the Milwaukee Amtrak station.
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Ex-Southern Pacific Daylight GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotive crossing 115th Street in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (8 miles west of Milwaukee Amtrak station) on the morning of August 3, 2009. The excursion train is on the way to Minneapolis. Cars on the train include former Milwaukee Road Superdome and Skytop Lounge parlor car "Cedar Rapids".
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Sam Frederick is a 13-year old who lives in Wauwatosa, WI an goes to Whitman Middle School. He wrote this song for workers and mainly his teachers. On Saturdady February 26th, 2011, he got to play his song, Walk, for over 100000 people in Madison, WI for the Anti-Walker Protest/Rally. The original video of this song can be found here: www.youtube.com
6.78 min. | 4.71 user rating
The CBS 58 WDJT-TV Milwaukee story about the footage I took last night. The original video I took can be found at www.youtube.com
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Wis. voters look for candidates to create jobs - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--"It's all so intertwined," said Michele Braze, a 50-year-old bookkeeper from the Milwaukee suburb of -Wauwatosa-. "The economy is obviously huge. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:22:34 GMT+00:00
Firstwatch: Without the Packers this weekend? - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) Tweet this news
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)--On to the crime: A former -Wauwatosa- teacher Todd R. Paaske is scheduled to be sentenced today in a child enticement case after a teenage baby sitter told ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:14:14 GMT+00:00
Wauwatosa defers UWM campus vote to Sept. - The Business Journal Tweet this news
The Business Journal--The -Wauwatosa- Plan Commission on Monday deferred until next month a decision on whether to dedicate $12 million to support a new University of ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:30:47 GMT+00:00
Dental Associates proposes Franklin clinic - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tweet this news
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel---...- raze a vacant building on the site and build new, Taylor said. The company's clinics in southeastern -Wisconsin- are in Milwaukee, -Wauwatosa- and Kenosha.--- - Date : Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:55:25 GMT+00:00
South Africa looks to Children's Hospital - Milwaukee Business Journal (blog) Tweet this news
Milwaukee Business Journal (blog)--Children's Hospital of -Wisconsin's- reputation has made it accustomed to attracting people from across the Midwest, but now its reach has stretched across ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:54:09 GMT+00:00
Father accidentally shoots 8-year-old son - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun--Police in Milwaukee, -Wisconsin-, said Jerome Addison Jr.'s father was removing a rifle from its case about 8:00pm local time Friday when it discharged, ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:52:40 GMT+00:00
Economic growth will be forged in state's factories - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tweet this news
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel--If industrial companies set the pace, among those based in -Wisconsin- that might benefit is water heater and small-motor maker AO Smith Corp., ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:03:49 GMT+00:00
Doyle says bridge will be repaired - WSAU Tweet this news
WSAU--(WSAU) - -Wisconsin- Governor Jim Doyle says he'll try to keep a major Milwaukee bridge operating safely, but he says a pool of federal highway dollars is not ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:49:41 GMT+00:00
Here is the latest Wisconsin news from The Associated Press - WMTV Tweet this news
WMTV--(AP) � A western -Wisconsin- man has been charged with child neglect resulting in death after his four-month-old daughter became trapped beneath a beanbag ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:58:43 GMT+00:00
MPS Requesting BIDs for Abestos Abatement at Custer High School - Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper Tweet this news
Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper--Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, -Wisconsin-, June 3, 2010. ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:17:05 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

County seat: Milwaukee
CitiesCudahy * Franklin * Glendale * Greenfield * Milwaukee * Oak Creek * South Milwaukee * St. Francis * Wauwatosa * West Allis
VillagesBayside * Brown Deer * Fox Point * Greendale * Hales Corners * River Hills * Shorewood * West Milwaukee * Whitefish Bay

Milwaukee Metropolitan Area

Central CityMilwaukee
Largest Municipalities
(over 25,000 in 2000)
BrookfieldC * FranklinC * GreenfieldC * Menomonee FallsV * New BerlinC * Oak CreekC * RacineC * WaukeshaC * WauwatosaC * West AllisC * West BendC
Municipalities
(over 10,000 in 2000)
Brown DeerV * CaledoniaV * CedarburgC * CudahyC * GermantownV * GlendaleC * GraftonV * GreendaleV * MequonC * MuskegoC * OconomowocC * PewaukeeC * RichfieldT * ShorewoodV * South MilwaukeeC * Whitefish BayV
Smaller Municipalities
(under 10,000 in 2000)
BaysideV * Big BendV * BrookfieldT * Elm GroveV * Fox PointV * HartlandV * Hales CornersV * MukwonagoV * PewaukeeV * River HillsV * SaukvilleV * Saint FrancisC * SussexV * ThiensvilleV * West MilwaukeeV
CountiesMilwaukee * Ozaukee * Racine * Washington * Waukesha



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