Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 71,158 at the 2020 census. Located along the Fox River adjacent to the Village of Waukesha, it is the seventh-most populous city in Wisconsin. Waukesha is also part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Midwest
Waukesha
Waukesha County, WI
Population
8,480
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,081
Median home value
$365,100
Founded
1839
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Block C Historic District · listed 1996
- Caples' Park Historic District · listed 1988
- College Avenue Historic District · listed 1983
- Downtown Historic District · listed 1983
- East Broadway Historic District · listed 1996
- Laflin Avenue Historic District · listed 1983
- Madison Street Historic District · listed 1990
- McCall Street Historic District · listed 1983
- McCall Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1993
- Wisconsin Avenue Historic District · listed 1983
Notable landmarks
- Arcadian Bottling Works · listed 1983
- Arlington Apartments · listed 1987
- Barney House · listed 1994
- Barrett, Everett P., House · listed 1995
- Becker and Schafer Store Building · listed 1995
- Blair, Sen. William, House · listed 1983
- Blair, Senator William and Henrietta, House (Additional Documentation) · listed 1983
- Blair, Senator William and Henrietta, House (Boundary Decrease) · listed 1983
- Buckley, Patrick J., House · listed 1991
- Chandler, Walter S., House · listed 1974
- Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Passenger Depot · listed 1995
- Cook, Alexander, House · listed 1983
- Cutler Mound Group · listed 1988
- Cutler, Morris, House · listed 1983
- Dwinnell, George, House · listed 1983
- Elliot, Dr. F. C., House · listed 1983
- Fabacker, Joseph, House · listed 1995
- First Baptist Church · listed 1983
- First Congregational Church · listed 1992
- First German Reformed Church · listed 1991
- First Methodist Church · listed 1983
- Frame, Andrew, House · listed 1983
- Grace, Perry, House · listed 1983
- Grand View Health Resort · listed 1984
- Hadfield Company Lime Kilns · listed 1982
- …and 38 more
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