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Milwaukee is the most populous city in Wisconsin and the 31st-largest in the United States, with 577,222 residents at the 2020 census and a metropolitan area of over 1.57 million people located on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the confluence of three rivers. Following the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, European settlers established Milwaukee as a major trade and industrial hub, with the city incorporated in 1846 and becoming renowned for its German American culture and as a national leader in beer production through the Miller, Pabst, and Schlitz breweries. The city's economy is anchored by a regional GDP exceeding $130 billion in 2023 and five Fortune 500 companies including Northwestern Mutual, Fiserv, and Rockwell Automation. Milwaukee is home to major cultural attractions including the Harley-Davidson Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, and Summerfest - one of the world's largest music festivals - alongside professional sports teams the Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks. The city hosts several prestigious institutions of higher education including Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, while historically serving as a center of the American labor movement. South Milwaukee is a city located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan approximately 5 miles south of Milwaukee, with a 2020 population of 20,795 residents. Originally laid out in 1891 by the South Milwaukee company as a rival industrial suburb within the Town of Oak Creek, the city was incorporated as a village in 1892 and became a city in 1897. The community developed as a streetcar suburb and drew significant immigrant populations from England and Germany in the early 1900s, establishing a rich immigrant heritage. Covering 4.81 square miles with a median age of 41.4 years, South Milwaukee maintains a predominantly urban character with 99.8% of residents living in city areas. The 2020 census showed relatively stable demographics, with approximately 40.7% of households as married-couple families and a nearly even gender distribution of 49.3% male and 50.7% female residents. Hales Corners is a village in southwestern Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, with a population of 7,720 as of the 2020 census, serving as a suburb within the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Named after brothers Seneca and William Hale, who claimed 160 acres each in 1837, the settlement was formally incorporated as a village on January 30, 1952, with its name derived from the intersection of Janesville Road and Highway 100 where the Hale families owned three of four corners. The area, originally inhabited by the Potawatomi Indians until 1838, became notable in the mid-1800s for monthly fairs that evolved from horse trading into a stock market for farmers selling livestock, drawing merchants from across the region via the plank road connecting Janesville and Milwaukee. Covering 3.22 square miles in southwestern Milwaukee County and bordered by Greenfield, Greendale, Franklin, New Berlin, and Muskego, Hales Corners maintains a stable residential character with 94.7% white residents and a median age of 43.9 years as of 2010. The village's history traces back to French and British colonial claims of the 1700s and the subsequent settlement of New England families, particularly the Hale lineage charted to England in the 1200s.