WEST ALLIS

city, western suburb of Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S. Settlement began in 1880 when a station was established there by the Chicago and North Western Railway and named North Greenfield. It was renamed West Allis in 1902 when the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of heavy machinery, purchased a site of 100 acres (40 hectares) near the village and established a plant there. The annual Wisconsin State Fair is held at West Allis. Inc. 1906. Pop. (1992 est.) 64,709.