Milwaukee County

Welcome to Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.

Our County

We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.

Residents

Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.

Businesses

Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.

News & Events

Find information about things to do and happenings in Milwaukee County.

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Winter Wonders Drive-Through Holiday Light Display

Date:November 29th, 2019 - January 01st, 2020

Time:5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Location:Enter at Whitnall Park Golf Course, 6751 S. 92 St., to form a line and listen to a narrated overview before the show.

Celebrate the holidays! Winter Wonders is a 1.4-mile drive-through holiday light show featuring more than 80 displays set in the area surrounding the Boerner Botanical Gardens, Whitnall Park, and the Root River Parkway. The show is open daily EXCEPT for closures Dec. 24 & 31 (Closed Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve)