Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1850
Parent county: Racine

Namesake: The city of Kenosha
Seat: Kenosha (1850–)

Land area: 272 square miles

Population (2020): 169,151

Population (historic): 10,734 (1850); 13,147 (1870); 15,581 (1890); 32,929 (1910); 63,277 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six villages; four CDPs; five towns

National Register listings: 31

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,897 (18.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,869
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,146
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,383
Average farm size (1920): 81.2 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, Illinois, and England
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Kenosha

Namesake: A Potawatomi or Ojibwe word referencing Pike Creek

Founding: 1836 (platting as Southport); 1837 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 99,986

Population (historic): 3,455 (1850); 4,309 (1870); 6,532 (1890); 21,371 (1910); 50,262 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1930; 1940–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,873 (24.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (1883). 1704 240th Road. Brighton. Romanesque.
2. *John Hollenbeck Farm (c. 1845). 14420 Horton Road. Bristol. Greek Revival.
3. *St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (1912). 1491 172nd Road. Paris. Romanesque.
4. *Mathew Thom House (1883). 2002 200th Road. Paris. Italianate.
5. *Leonard Thelan House (c. 1875). 4505 18th Road. Somers. Italianate.
6. *Justin Weed House (1848). 3509 Washington Road. Somers. Greek Revival.
7. *John Runkel Farm (1878). 33301 Geneva Road. Wheatland. Italianate.
8. *William Spiegelhoff House (c. 1890). 4405 State Route 83. Wheatland. Eastlake.

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