- Known as Buckhorn Station or Buckhorn Post Office
- First recorded as "Cudahy" on Milwaukee County map in 1892 as Township of Cudahy
- Incorporated as Village of Cudahy February 21, 1895
- Incorporated as City of Cudahy in 1906
- First President was Barney Eaton, 1895
Altitude: 715 feet above sea level (Milwaukee, WI is 635 feet above sea level)
Latitude: 42 degrees, 57 minutes North
Longitude: 87 degrees, 54 minutes West
4.74 square miles
58.8 miles of street (1998)
Population
- 1895 854
- 1900 1,366
- 1905 2,556
- 1910 3,691
- 1920 6,725
- 1930 10,631
- 1940 10,561
- 1950 12,182
- 1960 17,853
- 1970 22,078
- 1972 22,770
- 1973 22,622
- 1974 22,120
- 1975 21,743
- 1976 21,872
- 1977 21,259
- 1978 21,072
- 1979 20,928
- 1980 19,547
- 1990 18,659
- 1993 18,751
- 1994 18,809
- 1995 18,836
- 1997 18,864
- 1998 18,915
- 2000 19,019
- 2001 18,429
- 2002 18,410
- 2010 18,267
- 2014 18,382