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Milwaukee

Walker's Point

Kilbourntown

Mahn-a-waukee See-pe

Mahn-a-wau-kee See-pe

Mahn-a-wauk-ee See-pe

Mahn-a-waukee Seepe

Mahn-a-waukie

Mahn-ah-wauk Seepe

Man-a-wau-kee

Man-a-wauk-ee

Man-na-wah-kie

Mana'wa

Manawaki

Manawaukee

Manayaukee

Maunahwauke

Mee-lee-waug-ee

Meliki

Melwarik

Mil-wah-kie

Milioke

Millewacki

Millicki

Milo-aki

Milouagui

Milwacky

Milwahkie

Milwalky

Milwarck

Milwarik

Milwaucki

Milwaukie

Minewaki

Miniaki

Winnipesaukee

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
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.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);

Born

J.P. Atterberry (American, born 1942)

Anna Belle Crocker (American, 1868-1961)

Kirsten Furlong (American, born 1969)

Ray K. Metzker (American, 1931-2014)

Charles Osgood (American, born 1941)

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