Oakwood, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Oakwood was a former
, in the area roughly corresponding to what is now Oakwood Road between South 13th Street and South Howell Avenue (sections 29-32).It had a train station with two daily stops, and was the location of Oakwood High School from 1888 to 1971.[1]
In Turner, Turner and Reinsch's 1898 Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce, it is listed as having a population of 198, and is described as follows:
It has a general store, two hotels, and a blacksmith shop.[2]
References
- ^ Rowe, Anita and Larry. Oak Creek Wisconsin. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1998; pp. 24, 25, 27, 40
- ^ Turner, Lura J., Joseph M. Turner and Paul Samuel Reinsch. Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce. L. J. Turner and J. M. Turner, 1898; p. 224
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