Milwaukee (town), Wisconsin

The Town of Milwaukee (not to be confused with the City of Milwaukee) was a town in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin created on March 17, 1835.^[1] A number of Milwaukee County municipalities were created out of portions of it. After the last portions of the town were annexed, it officially ceased to exist in 1955.

Geography

In its original form, using modern-day reference points, the Town of Milwaukee reached from Greenfield Avenue in the south to County Line Road on the north, Lake Michigan on the east and 27th Street on the west. Its neighbors were the Town of Wauwatosa and the Town of Granville to the west, the Town of Lake to the south and the Town of Mequon to the north.

The Town of Milwaukee Town Hall, built in 1872, is located in present-day Glendale.

Municipalities formerly a part of the Town of Milwaukee

• Village of Milwaukee, 1838. Later became the City of Milwaukee in 1846.^[2]
• Town of Wauwatosa, January 13, 1840^[3]
• Town of Granville, January 13, 1840^[4]
• Whitefish Bay, 1892
• East Milwaukee, August 1900 (Name changed to Shorewood in 1917)^[5]
• Fox Point, 1926
• River Hills, March 17, 1930^[6]
• Glendale, 1950
• Bayside, February 13, 1953^[7]

References

1. ^ Dictionary of Wisconsin History Accessed July 10, 2006
2. ^ "The First Local Ordinance". History of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881. pp. 253-255
3. ^ Dictionary of Wisconsin History Accessed July 10, 2006
4. ^ Dictionary of Wisconsin History Accessed July 10, 2006
5. ^ Shorewood Historical Society. "Village History" Accessed July 10, 2006
6. ^ Village of River Hills. "Facts about the village". Accessed July 10, 2006
7. ^ Welcome to the Village of Bayside Accessed July 10, 2006