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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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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