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 ______________________________...