Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosha is part of the Chicago metropolitan area (Chicagoland) as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Interstate 94 connects Kenosha to Chicago and to the Milwaukee metro area.
Kenosha County is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 169,151 as of the 2020 census, making it the eighth most populous county in Wisconsin. The county shares the same name as the city of Kenosha, the fourth largest city in Wisconsin. Kenosha County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, the fourth most-populous metropolitan area in North America after the metro areas of Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles. Kenosha County is situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan.
Lake Shangrila was a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 861 at the 2010 census. The core area of the CDP was annexed into the village of Bristol on March 15, 2011, at the same time that the CDP was deleted.
Powers Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Randall and Wheatland, in Kenosha County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 1,401. Part of the Powers Lake CDP was in Walworth County, but on December 20, 2011, it became part of the village of Bloomfield.
Salem Lakes, formerly the town of Salem and the village of Silver Lake, is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The village was created by a municipal merger on February 14, 2017. The population was 14,601 at the 2020 census. The communities of Benet Lake, Camp Lake, Cross Lake, Fox River, Lake Shangrila, Liberty Corners, Salem, Salem Oaks, Silver Lake, Trevor, Voltz Lake, and Wilmot are wholly or partially located in the village.
Twin Lakes is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Illinois-Wisconsin border east of U.S. Highway 12, incorporated in 1937. With nearly 1000 acres of surface water, the twin lakes of Mary and Elizabeth have drawn vacationers to numerous resorts as well as ice harvesters in the days of icebox refrigeration. Today, many houses there are used for recreation, and the lakes remain a popular destination. Twin Lakes is home to about 6,041 permanent residents and a third more occasional ones.
Paddock Lake is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2020 census.
Paris is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,397 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Chapin and Paris are located within the town.
Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,402 at the 2020 census. Somers has a post office with ZIP code 53171. The former unincorporated communities of Berryville, Central Park, and Kellogg's Corners are located in the village.
Pleasant Prairie is a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located in Kenosha County along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan, Pleasant Prairie was home to 21,250 people at the 2020 census. The village is positioned directly south of the city of Kenosha and directly north of the Illinois border. Although located just 37 miles south of Milwaukee, it is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA) and metropolitan statistical area despite being 57 miles north of that city. Among its notable features are the RecPlex and Chiwaukee Prairie.
The University of Wisconsin–Parkside (UW Parkside or UWP) is a public university in Somers, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and has 4,644 students, 161 full-time faculty, and 89 lecturers and part-time faculty. The university offers 33 undergraduate majors and 11 master's degrees in 22 academic departments. UW-Parkside is one of two universities in the UW System not named for the city in which it is located, the other being UW-Stout. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Silver Lake is a former village and now a neighborhood within the village of Salem Lakes in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,411 at the 2010 census, when the community was still an independent village. On February 14, 2017, the village merged with the town of Salem to create the village of Salem Lakes.
Carthage College is a private college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It enrolls 2,600 full-time and 200 part-time students.
Bristol is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It was incorporated in 2009 from portions of the Town of Bristol. The population was 5,192 at the 2020 census, more than double the 2010 census population of 2,584. The former unincorporated communities of Bissell, Cypress, Pikeville, and Woodworth are located in the village.
Bassett is an unincorporated community in the town of Randall in southwestern Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The Randall Town Hall is in the community.
Benet Lake (also Renet Lake) is a community in the village of Salem Lakes in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located north of Antioch, Illinois. The community takes its name from the Benedictine Fathers, who own the south side of Benet Lake and established a monastery/seminary in 1945.
The Bradford Community Church, originally the Henry M. Simmons Memorial Church and later the Boys and Girls Library, is a historic church built in 1907 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States under the leadership of Kenosha's first woman pastor.
Brighton is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Brighton and Klondike are located within the town.
Brighton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Brighton, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Brighton is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Paddock Lake.
The Town of Bristol is a former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,538 at the 2000 census—before a portion of the town was incorporated as the Village of Bristol. The remainder of the Town of Bristol was annexed by the Villages of Bristol and Pleasant Prairie effective July 4, 2010, and the town ceased to exist.
The Bristol Renaissance Faire is a Renaissance fair held in a Renaissance-themed park in the village of Bristol in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Its 30 acre site runs along the Wisconsin-Illinois state line west of Interstate 94. It recreates a visit of Queen Elizabeth I to the English port city of Bristol in the year 1574. The faire runs for the nine weekends from early July through Labor Day.
Christian Life School is an independent, evangelical, interdenominational, co-educational, college-preparatory school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States. It has 759 students, from Prekindergarten to 12th grade, and 54 teachers.
The Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to the exploration and explication of the relationship between modern birds and ancient carnivorous biped dinosaurs, the theropods, which include Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Archaeopteryx. This link is especially well documented in the fossil record. The museum has the largest skeletal cast collection of theropods (meat-eating) dinosaurs in North America and is the only museum to focus a gallery specifically on the evolution of birds (avian dinosaurs) from non-avian dinosaurs, with a second smaller gallery focusing on "Little Clint", a three-year-old Tyrannosaurus uncovered by a dig conducted with the Carthage Institute of Paleontology.
Fox River (also Foxriver) is a community located in the village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
Franks Diner is a Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company lunch car diner in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Great Lakes Dragway is a quarter mile dragstrip in the Town of Paris, Kenosha County, near Union Grove, Wisconsin.
Liberty Corners is a neighborhood in the village of Salem Lakes in south-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is centered at the intersection of Highway 83 and Wilmot Road (Kenosha County Highway C).
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant was a 1.21-gigawatt (1,210 MW) coal power plant located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin in Kenosha County. In 2009, it was listed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) as the largest generating station in Wisconsin and generated roughly 13% of Wisconsin's electricity, burning around 13,000 tons of coal daily.
Salem Oaks is a subdivision centered at 84th Street and 235th Avenue just south of the village of Paddock Lake in the village of Salem Lakes in south-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, adjoining Montgomery Lake and Hooker Lake.
Shoreland Lutheran High School (SLHS) is a Lutheran High School in Somers, Wisconsin, affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and operated by a federation of 24 area congregations.
The Simmons Island Beach House is located in Simmons Island Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Slades Corners is a small unincorporated residential and agricultural community located on Old Highway 50 and 400th Avenue (Kenosha County Highway P, or Dyer Lake Road) in the western Kenosha County, Wisconsin town of Wheatland. Slades Corners is named for Tom Slade, an early resident who settled 640 acres (2.6 km2) there in approximately 1840, eight years before Wisconsin statehood.
Kenosha is a railroad station in Kenosha, Wisconsin, served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is the northern terminus of the line, which runs south to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Kenosha is the only Metra station outside of Illinois, and is 51.6 miles (83.0 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center. Because it is located outside the RTA’s jurisdiction, the service to the station is partially subsidized by the city of Kenosha. It is the northernmost station of the entire Metra system, making it the most northern station in the entire RTA network. As of 2018, Kenosha is the 135th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 345 weekday boardings.
The Kenosha County Courthouse and Jail is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Kenosha Light (also called Southport Light) is a lighthouse and keeper's house on Simmons Island north of the channel into Kenosha's harbor in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA.
The Kenosha North Pier lighthouse or Kenosha Light is a lighthouse located near Kenosha in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. "A typical 'Lake Michigan red tower'", it is a sibling to the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. This light was built in 1906 as a replacement for the old Kenosha Light. It was listed on the National register of Historic Places in 2008.
The Kenosha Public Museum, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, features displays of fine art, decorative art, and natural science specimens. Founded in 1933, and opened to the public in 1936 the museum currently is located at Kenosha's lakefront. Aside from the collections, the Museum also hosts many classes, changing exhibits, workshops and events throughout the year.
Kenosha Regional Airport (IATA: ENW, ICAO: KENW, FAA LID: ENW) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Kenosha, a city in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
The Washington Park Velodrome is an open-air velodrome in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is the longest operating 333 meter track in the United States. The track opened in 1927. During the 2016 season, the track was closed and completely rebuilt.
Klondike is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community in the town of Brighton, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
Library Park, formerly known as The Commons, City Park, and Central Park, is a park in Kenosha, Wisconsin designed by Ossian Cole Simonds. It features a library and war memorial designed by Daniel Burnham and a sculpture by Charles Henry Niehaus.
The Library Park Historic District is a historic neighborhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding Library Park, which was originally conceived as a New England-style town commons. The district consists of 42 contributing properties built from 1843 to 1930. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Montgomery Lake is located near Paddock Lake, Wisconsin and is North of 83rd Street and 258th Avenue. It is one of twenty-six lakes in Kenosha County.
Paris is a small unincorporated community in north-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, located at U.S. Route 45 and Wisconsin Highway 142 in the town of Paris. The name was chosen by 19th century settler Seth Butler Myrick in honor of the town of his birth in Oneida County, New York. Paris is the site of the Paris Corners town cemetery. The area once had the nickname "Tar Corners", after an incident where a dispute between neighbors led to a tarring and feathering.
Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a 4,515-acre (1,827 ha) unit of the state park system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located in the town of Brighton, in Kenosha County. This managed prairie contains 8.3 miles (13 km) of mountain bike trails. Other recreational activities include high power rocketry, swimming, dogsledding, falconry, ATV sports, land sailing, horseback riding, hunting, fishing, camping with amenities, and ultralight aviation. There is a wildlife preserve where great egrets, sandhill cranes, and great blue herons are known to nest. The Richard Bong SRA is one of the centerpieces of the proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.
Salem (also Brooklyn) is a community in the village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 83 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Paddock Lake. Salem has a post office with ZIP code 53168.
St. Joseph Catholic Academy is a Catholic elementary and secondary parochial school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, created on July 1, 2010 as a result of the merging of St. Mark Elementary School, St. Joseph Interparish Junior High School, and St. Joseph High School. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade.
St. Joseph High School was a Catholic high school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It served students in grades 9 through 12. On July 1, 2010, it was merged along with St. Mark Elementary School and St. Joseph Interparish Jr. High into St. Joseph Catholic Academy.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural and religious significance in 1979. The church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee.
Trevor is a community in the village of Salem Lakes in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Trevor is south of Paddock Lake. Trevor has a post office with ZIP code 53179.
Westosha Central High School is a public high school located in the village of Paddock Lake, Wisconsin, United States, near the border of the village of Salem Lakes. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 in the communities of Wheatland, Salem, Brighton, Paris, Paddock Lake, Trevor, and Bristol, and open enrollment students from Kenosha and Racine. Parts of Trevor, Wheatland, and Salem are split between Central and neighboring Wilmot Union High School. The school was founded in 1952.
Wheatland is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Powers Lake is located partially in the town. The unincorporated communities of Lily Lake, New Munster, and Slades Corners are also located in the town.
Wilmot Mountain is a ski area in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It is located in the community of Wilmot and lies in both the Town of Randall and the village of Salem Lakes, just north of the Illinois border. Located in the southern region of Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine, Wilmot Mountain is the result of glaciation. The self-proclaimed "Matterhorn of the Midwest" was founded by Walter Stopa in 1938 after a thorough research of the area’s topography. It has a vertical drop of about 200 feet (60 m). It is also one of the few hills where the mountain is wide open, with few trees or barriers to crossing the hill. A skier can transverse several runs while skiing downhill. Night skiing is available on the entire hill.
Wilmot Union High School is a public secondary school located in Wilmot, Wisconsin, a community in the village of Salem Lakes in Kenosha County. Founded in the 1870s, the high school serves students grades 9 to 12 in the communities of Wilmot, Trevor, Randall, Silver Lake, Twin Lakes, and portions of Salem and Wheatland. Both the school and the community are named after the Wilmot Proviso, by David Wilmot.
New Munster is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the town of Wheatland, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The ZIP Code is 53152. It was named a CDP prior to the 2020 census, which showed a population of 286.
Mars Cheese Castle is a specialty food store, delicatessen, and taproom which sells a variety of consumable products in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Located along Interstate 94, the shop is popular among Wisconsin visitors and has been called a "cheese landmark", "one of Wisconsin's most recognizable cheese stores", and "an icon for generations of I-94 travelers". While the store is best known for its cheese, it also sells sausages and other foods, beer, wine, specialty condiments, soft drinks and Wisconsin souvenirs such as cheesehead hats.
The Southport Beach House is a historic public building completed in 1940 at Southport Park on Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Bradford High School is a high school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, that serves students in grades 9 to 12. It is the man high school for students on the north side of the city.
Elizabeth Lake is a lake in Kenosha County, Wisconsin and McHenry County, Illinois.
Journey Church is a Pentecostal church with locations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Burlington, Wisconsin and Beach Park, Illinois. It is affiliated with the Assemblies of God USA. Its lead pastor is Kevin Taylor. Since its founding in the US, the church has also opened a campus in Vilnius, Lithuania. The location in Kenosha holds two weekend services with an attendance over 2,600. The location in Burlington holds one weekend services with an attendance of about 150. The Kenosha location livestreams its services through its website. Services are also uploaded to the Journey Church website to be watched whenever.
The Washington Park Clubhouse is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin.