Waubeka, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°28′12″N 87°59′31″W / 43.47000°N 87.99194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Ozaukee |
Settled | 1840s |
Area | |
• Total | 2.416 sq mi (6.26 km2) |
• Land | 2.343 sq mi (6.07 km2) |
• Water | 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
Elevation | 840 ft (256 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 657 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 262 |
Waubeka is an unincorporated census-designated place in the Town of Fredonia, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located on the Milwaukee River, the community is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, its population is 657.[3]
Inhabited by Native Americans into the mid-1800s, Waubeka was named for a Potawatomi chief who was friendly with the first white settlers who arrived in the area in the 1840s. Waubeka was the site of the first formal observance of Flag Day in 1885, and today the community is home to the National Flag Day Foundation's Americanism Center, which serves as the organization's headquarters and contains a museum.