Waubeka, Wisconsin facts for kids
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Waubeka, Wisconsin
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 Waubeka, Wisconsin
Location in Wisconsin
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| 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)
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| • Total | 657 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 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.
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.
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Geography
Its altitude is 797 feet (293 m), and it is located at 43°28′30″N 87°59′25″W / 43.47500°N 87.99028°W (43.4749994, -87.9903696). Waubeka has an area of 2.416 square miles (6.26 km2); 2.343 square miles (6.07 km2) of this is land, and 0.073 square miles (0.19 km2) is water.
Flag Day
The origin of Flag Day is traced to Waubeka. In 1885, Stony Hill School teacher Bernard John Cigrand displayed a 10-inch (25 cm) flag in an inkwell and had his students write essays on what the flag meant to them. He told the students that June 14 was the birthday of the flag. The school is now considered a historic site.
Waubeka is home to the National Flag Day Foundation Americanism Center.
Notable residents
- Bernard J. Cigrand, founder of Flag Day in the United States, was born in Waubeka.
See also
In Spanish: Waubeka (Wisconsin) para niños
