Welcome to Waukesha ...The city of Waukesha is located in Waukesha County<1> and is the County Seat for Waukesha County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Waukesha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Waukesha for more information about variations on the name of Waukesha. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Waukesha has a population of 72,352 people<2> (see below for details). Waukesha is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Waukesha lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Waukesha: 262 The ZIP codes for Waukesha: 53186-53189<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Waukesha had an population of 72,352 people. This is an increase of 2.31% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.61% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Waukesha had a population of 70,718 people (or 18.13% of the total population of Waukesha County). This makes Waukesha the county's most populous community. The population of Waukesha represents 1.24% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 7th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 70,718 people, the population of Waukesha increased 9.09% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 64,825 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Waukesha. Communities Also Named Waukesha ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Waukesha - it's located in Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waukesha. Websites for Waukesha ...Official Website: www.ci.waukesha.wi.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.waukesha.org/ Communities near Waukesha ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waukesha.
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 Waukesha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waukesha. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waukesha. 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 Waukesha. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waukesha. Our list includes 22 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Waukesha. Adding Waukesha to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Waukesha 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 (so far) for Waukesha was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Waukesha. Footnotes ...
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