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WIS 190
State Trunk Highway 190 (often called Highway 190, STH-190 or WIS 190) is a state highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in southeast Wisconsin from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Pewaukee to Shorewood, Wisconsin, Shorewood. Route description In Milwaukee, WIS 190 is known as Capitol Drive, one of the main streets of the city's north side. The road's name comes from older mapping methods that discerned the road would lead directly toward the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison if built in a straight east-west line from Lake Michigan, though current day mapping actually places it two miles north of downtown Madison and the Capitol's center point. The designation is carried all the way west to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Pewaukee and its terminus just west of its interchange with Wisconsin Highway 16, WIS 16 in the Village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Pewaukee. WI 190 officially ends at the intersection with Simmons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pewaukee (village), Wisconsin
Pewaukee is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,238 at the 2020 census. The village is nearly surrounded by the City of Pewaukee. The village was incorporated from what was formerly the Town of Pewaukee, and the remainder of the town later incorporated as a city. History The present-day village of Pewaukee was settled in about 1837 by the Deacon Asa Clark of Lunenburg, Vermont, when he erected a hotel, sawmill, and church in this location. Pewaukee became a town in the year 1840, and then a village later in 1876. Pewaukee is constructed upon ''aki'' or ''(w)aukee'', which means "land" or "location" in several Algonquian languages. The significance and outright etymology of the initial syllable of the name is uncertain. Sources in Ojibwe ''nibiwaki'' "watery (i.e., swampy) place", Potawatomi ''pee-wauk-ee-wee-nick'' "the dusty water" or "lake of shells", and Menominee ''pee-wau-nau-kee'' "place of flint" have been suggested, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |