262 Area Code 🌍☎️
Cities Located in the 262 Area Code
The most populous cities in area code 262 are: Racine, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Elm Grove.
Other cities in the 262 area code include: West Bend, Lake Geneva, Burlington, Oconomowoc, Hartland, Fredonia, Cedarburg, Menomonee Falls, Mequon, Hartford, Whitewater, Jackson, Pewaukee, Caledonia, Hubertus, Port Washington, Waterford, Delavan, New Berlin, Trevor, Allenton, North Prairie, Elkhorn, Brookfield, Sussex, Slinger, Williams Bay, Union Grove, Bristol, East Troy, Genoa City, Palmyra, Delafield, Silver Lake, Darien, Mukwonago, Big Bend, Salem, Kewaskum, Sullivan, Walworth, Twin Lakes, Clinton, Muskego, Eagle, Dousman, Belgium, Sharon, and Pleasant Prairie.
About Racine, Waukesha, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Racine or (/ r ə ˈ s iː n / rə- SEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River. Racine is located 22 miles south of Milwaukee. As of the 2013 U.S. census, the city had a population of 78,199, making it the fifth-largest city in Wisconsin. Its median home price of $103,625 makes it one of the most affordable cities in Wisconsin to buy a home. In January of 2017, it was rated "the most affordable place to live in the world" by the Demographia International Housing Affordability survey. Racine is the headquarters of a number of industries, including J. I. Case (heavy equipment), S. C. Johnson & Son (cleaning and chemical products), Dremel Corporation, Reliance Controls Corporation, Twin Disc, and Arthur B. Modine (Heat Exchangers). The Mitchell & Lewis Company, a wagonmaker in the 19th century, began making motorcycles and automobiles as Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company at the start of the 20th century. Racine was also home to InSinkErator, the first garbage disposal. Malted milk balls were developed in Racine. Architects of the city included A. Arthur Guilbert and Edmund Bailey Funston. It has several immigrant communities.
Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Its population was 70,718 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to the Town of Waukesha.
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The county seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Milwaukee's estimated population in 2015 was 600,155. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area with an estimated population of 2,046,692 as of 2015. Ranked by estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee is the 31st largest city in the United States. The first Europeans to pass through the area were French Catholic missionaries and fur traders. In 1818, the French Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846 Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the city of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s, with Poles and other immigrants arriving in the following decades.Known for its brewing traditions, Milwaukee is currently experiencing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. Major new additions to the city in the past two decades include the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Wisconsin Center, Miller Park, an expansion to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Pier Wisconsin, as well as major renovations to the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena, while the under-construction Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center is scheduled to open in 2018. In addition, many new skyscrapers, condos, lofts and apartments have been built in neighborhoods on and near the lakefront and riverbanks.
What Time Zone is Area Code 262?
The 262 area code lies within the Central Daylight Time Zone (or CDT). The current time in Central Daylight Time is 7:09 AM on Apr 21, 2024.