Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Mequon, WI

Mequon is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, forming the county's southern border and stretching from Lake Michigan west to Washington County.

Mequon is the largest city in Ozaukee County and the third-largest city in Wisconsin by land area, covering over 48 square miles while retaining a low-density, semi-rural character.

Before settlement, the Milwaukee River in Mequon formed a territorial boundary between the Potawatomi to the west and the Menominee to the east.

The Town of Mequon was established in 1846, after the first white settlers — from New York, England, and Ireland — arrived in the mid-1830s, followed by the first German immigrants in 1839.

Mequon's western Freistadt community was founded in 1839 by German Old Lutherans who went on to form the first Lutheran congregation in Wisconsin.

Mequon incorporated as a city in 1957, in part to avoid annexation by the City of Milwaukee, after its population had grown roughly 110% during the 1950s suburban boom.

Mequon completely surrounds the Village of Thiensville, and the two communities share a post office, a school district, and a library.

Mequon counted 25,142 residents in the 2020 census, up from 23,132 in 2010, and Census Bureau figures for 2020–2024 put it at about 9,444 households with an owner-occupied housing rate of about 86%.

Mequon is home to three institutions of higher education: Concordia University Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, and Milwaukee Area Technical College's North Campus.

Mequon maintains 25 parks and five golf courses, and nearly half of its land remained undeveloped as of 2014, with much of it still in agricultural use.