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

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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