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Oak Creek is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.It sits on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is located immediately south of Milwaukee.The population was 36,497 at the 2020 census.
The Oak Creek Parkway is an urban park strung along Oak Creek and other parts of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1] The Oak Leaf Trail spans 135 miles and connects with the parkway at several points. [2] [3] [4]
Milwaukee Area Technical College (or MATC) is a public two-year vocational-technical and community college based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.MATC offers day, evening, weekend and online classes at campuses in downtown Milwaukee, Oak Creek, West Allis, and Mequon as well as an education center in the Walker's Square neighborhood on Milwaukee's near south side.
In 2021 the Oak Creek Performing Arts Education Center was completed, alongside renovated and new career and technical education facilities. The high school was involved in a federal lawsuit, Butler v. Oak Creek-Franklin School District, 172 F.Supp.2d 1102, involving the school's athletic code.
The Eder Flag Manufacturing Company, based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is the largest company in America that serves as both a flag and flagpole manufacturer. [1] The company was founded in 1893. [2] In June 2015, following the events of the Charleston church shooting, the company announced that it would no longer sell Confederate flags. [3]
In June 1959, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brother and sister Nate Zelazo and Norma Paige started the Astronautics Corporation of America as an advanced technology aerospace company. Zelazo had been employed by the Navy Department, and the company's small staff had an extensive background in designing and developing flight instrumentation.
In 2021, Oak Creek Power Station (South Oak Creek Power Plant and Elm Road Generating Station combined) generated 12,180 GWh, approximately 19.46% of the total electric power generated in Wisconsin (62,584 GWh) [11] for that year. The South Oak Creek Power Plant (coal only) had a 2021 annual capacity factor of 61.65% and the Elm Road Generating ...
The district also contains Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and the Oak Creek Power Plant. [2] The district is represented by Republican Jessie Rodriguez, since winning a special election in November 2013. [3] The 21st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 7th Senate district, along with the 19th and 20th Assembly districts. [4]