Glendale

History

The Glendale area has been inhabited for thousands of years. The earliest known inhabitants were Woodland period Mound Builders, who constructed earthen effigy and burial mounds in the area. Many of the mounds were destroyed by farmers between 1850 and 1920, though some still exist in Kletzsch Park. In the early 19th century, the land was controlled by Native Americans, including the Menominee, Potawatomi, and Sauk people. The Menominee surrendered the land east of the Milwaukee River to the United States Federal Government through the Treaty of Washington in 1832. In 1833, the Potawatomi surrendered the land west of the river by signing the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which (after being ratified in 1835) required them to leave Wisconsin by 1838. The land was organized as part of the Town of Milwaukee in 1838, and the first white settlers were farmers, many of whom were German immigrants. One center of settlement was the Good Hope community, which formed as a stagecoach stop on Green Bay Road in the late 1840s Glendale incorporated as a city on December 28, 1950, from portions of the Town of Milwaukee, including a prosperous industrial corridor along Capitol Drive. It began to develop rapidly in the 1950s, reflecting post-World War II metropolitan growth and migration patterns throughout the United States. Bayshore Town Center (formerly called Bayshore Mall) was established on the eastern border of the city in 1954, and Cardinal Stritch University built a campus straddling the city and the neighboring Village of Fox Point in 1959. In the 1950s, the construction of Interstate 43 further contributed to the city's rapid growth, and the population roughly tripled between 1950 and 1960. Unlike other northshore suburbs of Milwaukee, Glendale has a mix of industry and…

Geography

Glendale is located at (43.130060, −87.927719). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  35,871
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  35,190
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  32,233
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  31,587
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29,786
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  26,103
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  25,414
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  24,842

Largest nearby schools

• HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12
  Other · Milwaukee · 1,828 students · 28.6:1 ratio
• Obama School of Career and Technical Education
  Other · Milwaukee · 1,402 students · 29.8:1 ratio
• Milwaukee Academy of Science
  Other · Milwaukee · 1,401 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• King International
  High · Milwaukee · 1,283 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Riverside High
  High · Milwaukee · 1,229 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Golda Meir School
  Other · Milwaukee · 1,174 students · 19.6:1 ratio
• Nicolet High
  High · Glendale · 1,089 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• East High
  High · Wauwatosa · 1,067 students · 15.7:1 ratio