Milwaukee
- Names
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)