Wauwatosa
Sign in to saveAlso known as City of Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- County
- Milwaukee
- Incorporated
- May 27, 1897 ; 129 years ago ( 1897-05-27 )
- Mayor
- Dennis McBride
- Congressional rep
- Gwen Moore ( D )
- City
- 13.23 sq mi (34.27 km )
- Land
- 13.23 sq mi (34.26 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 673 ft (205 m)
- Density
- 3,637.7/sq mi (1,404.54/km )
- Metro
- 1,753,355 (Milwaukee)
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 55-84675
- Website
- www .wauwatosa .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Wauwatosa
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Milwaukee County
- Population
- 48387
- Area
- 34.314579
- Elevation
- 205
- Official website
- www.wauwatosa.net
- Image
- Wauwatosa at Menomonee River.jpg
- Households
- 20474
- Dialing code
- 414
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
- start time
- 1897-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
- P8168
- Avondale Shipyard
- water as percent of area
- 0.0279
- per capita income
- 46299
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Wauwatosa (/ˌwɔːwəˈtoʊsə/ WAW-wə-TOH-sə; colloquially Tosa) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 census. Wauwatosa is a suburb located immediately west of Milwaukee and is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is named after the Potawatomi Chief Wauwataesie and the Potawatomi word for firefly.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wauwatosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.