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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States

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Details for Milwaukee County

NameMilwaukee County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Wisconsin, United States
County SeatMilwaukee
Coordinates
Latitude 43.0005702 43° 00' 02.1" N
Longitude -87.9667525 87° 58' 00.3" W
Population959,275
Elevation196 m
Surrounding CountiesOzaukee N
Muskegon (Michigan) E
Ottawa (Michigan) E
Racine S
Waukesha W
Washington NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID1581100
Histopolis Place ID669026016
Updated Jan 7
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Genealogy Resources for Milwaukee County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Cemeteries in or near Milwaukee County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23143&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (17 Dec 2008)

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_County,_Wisconsin (28 Jul 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Milwaukee County, Wis. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=3032 (9 Nov 2009)

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin WI, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin WI, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23143 (26 Nov 2008)

EveryNameIndex.com - Free Genealogy Every Name Indexes Added Dec 5, 2011
Free Genealogy Every Name Index Databases for those big old county histories, vintage yearbooks, directories and other similar publications.
http://www.everynameindex.com/ (29 Nov 2011)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Milwaukee County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Milwaukee County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WI/Milwaukee/ (16 Jan 2010)

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
http://www.interment.net/us/wi/milwaukee.htm (16 May 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Milwaukee County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Milwaukee County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WI/Milwaukee/cem/ (17 Dec 2008)

USGenWeb Archives: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/milwaukee/milw.htm (31 Jan 2010)
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Surveys in Milwaukee County

1 Survey, 3 Ranges, 9 Townships

The Fourth Principal Extended Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Milwaukee County. You can navigate to any of the 9 survey townships that overlap Milwaukee County using the navigation tool below.

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Towns, Cities and Villages of Milwaukee County

10 Cities, 9 Villages (City is assumed unless noted)
Bayside (village)Brown Deer (village)CudahyFox Point (village)
FranklinGlendaleGreendale (village)Greenfield
Hales Corners (village)MilwaukeeOak CreekRiver Hills (village)
Saint FrancisShorewood (village)South MilwaukeeWauwatosa
West AllisWest Milwaukee (village)Whitefish Bay (village)

Cities of Milwaukee County

10 Cities, 9 Villages, 6 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (City is assumed unless noted)
Bayside (village)Brown Deer (village)Carrollville (u.p.)Cudahy
Fox Point (village)FranklinGlendaleGranville (u.p.)
Greendale (village)GreenfieldHales Corners (village)Milwaukee
Oak CreekOakwood (u.p.)River Hills (village)Saint Francis
Saint Martins (u.p.)Shorewood (village)South MilwaukeeUnion Church (u.p.)
WauwatosaWest AllisWest Granville (u.p.)West Milwaukee (village)
Whitefish Bay (village)

Cemeteries of Milwaukee County

44 Cemeteries, 11 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Agudas AchimArlingtonBeth Hamedrosh HagodelCalvary
EvergreenEver-RestFairview MausoleumForest Hill Memorial Park
Forest Home †Good HopeGracelandGreen Tree Meadows
GreenwoodHoly CrossHoly SepulchreHoly Trinity
Honey CreekIndependentLaviseMount Olivet
Mt. Olivet (*)Oak CreekPilgrims RestPinelawn Memorial Park
ResthavenSaint AdalbertsSaint JamesSaint Johns
Saint JosephsSaint MatthewsSaint MichaelsSaint Paul
Saint Peters (Franklin)Saint Peters (River Hills)Saint StephensSecond Home
Spring HillSt. Adalberts (*)St. James (*)St. Johns (*)
St. Josephs (*)St. Matthews (*)St. Michaels (*)St. Paul (*)
St. Peters (* Franklin)St. Peters (* River Hills)St. Stephens (*)Union (Glendale)
Union (Milwaukee)ValhallaWanderers RestWauwatosa
West GranvilleWood National †Woodlawn

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