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West Allis

Wisconsin, United States
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West Allis, city, western suburb of Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S. It is situated just south of Wauwatosa. Potawatomi and Menominee Indians were among the early inhabitants of the region. In 1835 settlers from New York arrived and began farming along Honey Creek, for which the community was initially named. The growing Milwaukee area provided a market for the agricultural produce. The Chicago and North Western Railway reached the community in 1880 and called its station North Greenfield; in 1887 the community took the same name. The city’s growth was spurred by the siting within its boundaries in 1891 ...(100 of 202 words)

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