New Berlin, WI
| New Berlin, Wisconsin | |
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| City | |
 Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin. |
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| Coordinates: 42°58′45″N 88°6′33″W / 42.97917°N 88.10917°WCoordinates: 42°58′45″N 88°6′33″W / 42.97917°N 88.10917°W | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Waukesha |
| Founded | January 13, 1840 |
| Incorporated | 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Ament |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.87 sq mi (95.49 km2) |
| • Land | 36.44 sq mi (94.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) 1.17% |
| Elevation | 922 ft (281 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 39,584 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 39,703 |
| • Density | 1,086.3/sq mi (419.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | Central (UTC-5) |
| Postal Code | 53146, 53151 |
| Area code(s) | 262 |
| FIPS code | 55-56375 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1570202 |
| Website | www.newberlin.org |
New Berlin is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 39,584 at the 2010 census, making it the second largest community in Waukesha County after the city of Waukesha.
New Berlin is situated on the eastern border of Waukesha County. Interstate 94 is located immediately north of the city, and Interstate 43 passes through it.
Area residents put the accent on the first syllable of Berlin /nuːˈbɜːrlᵻn/, rather than the second.
The first settlers, Sidney Evans and P.G. Harrington, arrived in the northeastern part of what is now the New Berlin in 1836. The area first came under local government in 1838 as part of the Town of Muskego, which at the time was composed of New Berlin and Muskego. The area that is now the city of New Berlin was separated from the Town of Muskego in 1839 and named the Town of Mentor.
On January 13, 1840, the Town of Mentor became the Town of New Berlin. It was named by Sidney Evans for his hometown, New Berlin, New York. The town remained a rural and agricultural area until the 1940s, when the westward migration to the suburbs from Milwaukee began. Between 1850 and 1950, New Berlin's population went from 1,293 to 5,334. Ten years later, in 1960, the population had nearly tripled to 15,788. The Town of New Berlin became the City of New Berlin with its incorporation in 1959.
Large-scale growth to New Berlin occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly as a result of the construction of the New Berlin Industrial Park, which began in 1964. The park is composed of three separate business parks encompassing 1,126 acres (4.6 km2). The business parks include the Moorland Road Industrial Park, the New Berlin Industrial Park and the MSI/Lincoln Avenue Industrial Park.
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