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Pewaukee is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 15,914 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The name of the city of Pewaukee comes from that of the name of the village, which is rather unclear in itself. Many names have been given as to the etymology of the name. [6]
Pewaukee comes from the Menominee word Pee-wau-nau-kee, which means ‘the flinty place’. A few other highlights are Muskego, which derivates from the Potawatomi ‘mashkig-ong’, meaning ‘swampy place’, and Kenosha, which comes from the Potawatomi name for ‘Pike’. But my personal favorite is the interesting etymology of places like ...
The name of the city of Pewaukee comes from that of the name of the village, which is rather unclear in itself. Many names have been given as to the etymology of the name. [5] The Village of Pewaukee, which was incorporated out of the town before it incorporated as a city, is surrounded by the city.
A pioneer from New England, Deacon Asa Clark, built the Village of Pewaukee’s earliest water powered sawmill in 1837 and, in 1845, a gristmill for producing flour. The Clark family soon opened the settlement’s first hotel—Pewaukee House—in 1844 and financed its first church (Congregational) in 1856. Other nineteenth century businesses ...
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According to the town of Ashippunwebsite, also citing “The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names” by Gard and Sorden: Settler Samuel Marshall wanted to call the town Ashburn, after a local creek. However, the English wanted to call it Ashippun, a Native term similar to the Menominee, Chippewa and Potawatomi words for raccoon — “aspipun,” “aissibun” and ...
According to the village website, Chenequa is a Potawatomi word meaning “pine” in reference to a rare southern Wisconsin grove of white pine, which can be seen on the eastern shore of Pine Lake. A hand-drawn mapfrom the late 1800s details the lake’s surroundings.
Several U.S. towns share the Genesee title, named after the Genesee River in New York. According to My City Magazine, the Seneca tribe’s word “jenisheyuh” means “the beautiful valley.” The Chennussie, another tribe from western New York, could be another origin for the river's name.
According to the state historical society: In 1837, the area was called Southport, but it was changed to Kenosha in 1850. Kenosha was born from “kinoje,” a Chippewa word for a pike or pickerel. In a letter dated Nov. 4, 1889, fur trader Peter Vieau wrote that he always heard Native people call the area Keeneau-sha-Kau-ning, meaning “pickerel’s abid...
Before the town of Menomonee was established in 1839, the area was inhabited by the Menomonee and Chippewa people. Its name comes from the Menomonee River, which originates from “menomin,” the Algonquin word for rice, according to Encyclopedia of Milwaukee.
The Mequon area was occupied by Potawatomi and Menominee tribes before French fur traders arrived, followed by English, German and Irish settlers, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society and city of Mequon website. Mequon was named after the rounded shape of a river, and is derived from the Native American word "Miguan" meaning “ladle.”
According to the city of Milwaukee website: Historians say the name comes from a Potawatomi word pronounced "mahn-ah-wauk" meaning council grounds. In 1697, French explorer LaSalle, Father Zenobe Membre, wrote of a river called Mellioke. The first recorded spelling of the area is from 1761. James Gorrell, a British officer stationed in Green Bay, t...
There are varying versions of the origins of the word Muskego. One version says that, originally inhabited by the Potawatomi, Muskego earned its name from the word “mashkigong,” which means “at, to, or from a swamp,” according to a Butterfield’s History of Waukesha County, cited by the state historical society. The name “mashkigong” comes from the ...
The village of Nashotah’s name comes from the Potawatomi word “nijode,” meaning “a twin,” according to the state historical society. The tribe’s word stems from “neesh-sho-da,” meaning “one of a pair” and “nishota,” which means “the twins.”
Oconomowoc’s name comes from a Potawatomi word meaning “gathering of the waters,” according to Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. The state historical society states the name could mean “where the waters meet” or “river of lakes.”
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The City of Pewaukee is located approximately seventeen miles west of Milwaukee in Waukesha County. It surrounds the independently governed Village of Pewaukee, which in 1876 voted to separate from the Town of Pewaukee (initially established by the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in 1840). Self-promoted as “The City in the Country,” the ...
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The first house in Pewaukee was built for Isaac B. Judson, in 1835, Section 34. The first chimney in Waukesha County was built by I.B. Judson in 1835, in Pewaukee. The first thrashing machine in the county was built in this town, by Hamilton Nelson, now of Beloit, Wisconsin. Mrs. I. B. Judson was the first woman in Pewaukee.
