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Camp Lake is a neighborhood and former census-designated place in the village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population of Camp Lake was 3,665 at the 2010 census. Upon incorporation of the village of Salem Lakes in 2017, the census statistical boundaries for the neighborhood ceased to exist.
USGS GNIS ID: 2393362
The Pleasant Prairie RecPlex is a recreational facility in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. "The Largest Municipal Recreational Facility in America", it consists of 302,000 square feet in Prairie Springs Park on the shores of Lake Andrea.
website: http://recplexonline.com/
The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery. It is one of the oldest surgical societies, having been established in 1899.
website: https://www.fascrs.org/
Chapin is a small residential and agricultural unincorporated community in the town of Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is centered at Highway 142 (Burlington Road) near what is currently Kenosha County Highway MB. The community was settled in the 19th century and has also been known as Star Corners, Heidersdorf's Corner, Jugville (it was the site of the area's first tavern), and Parisville.
Barnes Creek is a navigable stream located in the village of Pleasant Prairie in southeastern Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It flows near Wisconsin Highway 165 and crosses beneath Wisconsin Highway 32 (Sheridan Road) which flows eastward through Carol Beach into Lake Michigan. The stream's length is 3.7 miles (6.0 km).
NRHP reference number: 77000032
The Frank and Jane Isermann House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
NRHP reference number: 04000107
George Nelson Tremper High School is a high school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Part of the Kenosha Unified School District, it was named after George Nelson Tremper, the principal of Kenosha High School from 1911 to 1944. The mascot of Tremper High School is the Trojan.
Aurora is now part of the city of Kenosha, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, but was the site of one of the area's earliest post offices, opened in the early 1830s at the Willis Tavern, the Aurora community center on the west side of the old Green Bay Trail (now Highway 31) just north of what is now 60th Street (Kenosha County Highway K). A Chicago-Milwaukee stagecoach line began operating in 1836 (twelve years before Wisconsin statehood) and served Aurora. The post office was finally closed in 1843. No traces of the community exist today.
The Anthony and Caroline Isermann House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Designed in the Prairie School by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Street address: 6416 Seventh Avenue (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 04000108
Chiwaukee Prairie is a 485-acre (1.96 km2) prairie in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (about midway between Chicago and Milwaukee). It is located on Lake Michigan at the Illinois state line and includes grassy wetlands, wooded areas, and the Kenosha Sand Dunes at its northern tip. It is home to an abundance of wildlife. It was designated a Wisconsin State Natural Area in 1967 and a National Natural Landmark in 1973.
The Kenosha Elks Club is a historic clubhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Construction began on the building in 1916 and it was formally dedicated on January 20, 1919.
WIIL (95.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Union Grove, Wisconsin. The station serves Kenosha (its original city of license), Racine, the southern suburbs of Milwaukee and the northern suburbs of Chicago. WIIL is owned and operated by Alpha Media and airs an active rock radio format.
website: https://www.95wiilrock.com/
WWDV (96.9 FM) is a radio station in Zion, Illinois, known as "The Drive". The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, and is a full-time simulcast of Chicago-licensed WDRV (97.1 FM), serving the Kenosha, Wisconsin-Waukegan, Illinois area. "The Drive" programs a broad-based classic rock format.
website: http://www.wdrv.com
Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts is a performing arts summer camp located at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and based in Evanston, Illinois.
Kenosha Engine was an automobile and engine factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin. First opened for automobile production in 1902 by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company and later operated by American Motors, the Kenosha Engine Plant saw all operations halted by Chrysler and it was permanently closed in October 2010 and demolished between December 2012 and April 2013.
The Kenosha Yacht Club of Kenosha, Wisconsin is located 50 miles north of Chicago on the western shore of Lake Michigan and is adjacent to the Southport Lighthouse on Simmons Island in downtown. The Kenosha Yacht Club is a member of US Sailing, Lake Michigan Yacht Racing Association, Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation, and the Regional Sailing Association.
WGTD (91.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving the Racine/Kenosha area. Owned by Gateway Technical College, the station affiliates with Wisconsin Public Radio, and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming, with some local programming and Kenosha-focused newscasts programmed locally.
website: http://wgtd.org/
Richard I. Bong Air Force Base is an unfinished Air Force base. It was named after World War II aviator Major Richard Ira Bong. The base was intended to be an air defense fighter base for the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. It was conceived in the early 1950s and construction began in the mid-1950s. Construction had barely begun when the base was transferred to the Strategic Air Command. Eventually, the base was considered obsolete as it had become apparent to Air Force officials that the base would be redundant with installations nearby that would soon have space for more units. The base was abandoned in 1959 and disposed of the following year.
Walter Reuther Central High School is an alternative high school in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Part of the Kenosha Unified School District, the school serves 382 students in grades 9-12.
website: http://reuther.kusd.edu
Kemper Hall previously housed a complex Episcopal all girls’ boarding school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Kemper Hall began with an Italianate mansion and was expanded with various wings and buildings in Gothic Revival style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
NRHP reference number: 76000067
Truesdell is a residential and business neighborhood of the city of Kenosha in east-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It lies along Highway 50 on the former Milwaukee Road (now Canadian Pacific) main railroad line from Chicago, Illinois (C&M Subdivision). The last Milwaukee Road passenger trains stopped in Truesdell in 1945, but there are still switching facilities present. The community was settled by Gideon and Julia Truesdell in the 19th Century, but the community itself has disappeared within the city of Kenosha and related surrounding development, though some businesses still identify with the original name. The Truesdell post office, organized in 1870, closed on May 1, 1953; its postmistress, Mrs. Jennie H. Alsted, had operated it from her home's back porch for 31 years.
Lily Lake is a census-designated place in the town of Wheatland, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 508 as of the 2020 census.
USGS GNIS ID: 2586526
The Original Outlet Mall was an indoor outlet mall located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Opening in 1982 as the first outlet mall in Wisconsin, the mall was demolished in two phases from 2005 to 2006, with an Ashley HomeStore built on part of the site.
The Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, and is a location of the Kenosha Public Library (KPL). KPL consists of 4 locations, an Outreach department, and is a member of both the Kenosha County Library System (KCLS) and the SHARE Consortium. The Simmons Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and was the first formal location for KPL. KPL was named the Power of Libraries Award Winner in 2018, Wisconsin Library Association's 2020 Library of the Year, and a finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2021.
website: https://www.mykpl.info/simmons; NRHP reference number: 74000093
Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) serves the city of Kenosha, the Town of Somers and the village of Pleasant Prairie. KUSD is overseen by a school board of seven elected members whose president is Dan Wade. The superintendent of KUSD is Dr. Sue Savaglio-Jarvis.
website: https://www.kusd.edu/
Voltz Lake is a residential and resort community within the village of Salem Lakes in south-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The body of water, Voltz Lake, is located at 42°30′28″N 88°5′2″W.
WLIP (1050 AM) is a radio station located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Chicago-Milwaukee metropolitan region along the west shore of Lake Michigan with 250 watts, and also streaming worldwide at www.wlip.com. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.
website: http://www.wlip.com
LakeView Technology Academy is a vocational high school in the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. It serves students grades 9 to 12 from all across KUSD with a focus on STEM education. LakeView opened in the fall of 1997 as a response to overcrowding in KUSD. The school also has partnerships with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and Gateway Technical College. LakeView is ranked the 335th best high school in the nation, making it the 4th best in Wisconsin.
website: http://lakeview.kusd.edu/
Rosinco was a diesel-powered luxury yacht that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1928. The yacht was built in 1916 as Georgiana III and served during World War I as USS Georgiana III, a Section patrol craft, under a free lease to the Navy by her owner and commanding officer. After the war the yacht was sold and renamed Whitemarsh in 1918. In 1925, after sale to Robert Hosmer Morse of Fairbanks-Morse, the yacht became Rosinco. She was sunk following a collision in 1928 and the wreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
NRHP reference number: 01000737
The Wisconsin was an iron-hulled package steamer built in 1881 that sank in 1929 in Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. In 2009 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
NRHP reference number: 09000820
The John McCaffary House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1842 and was the site of the murder of Bridget McCaffary by her husband, John McCaffary. He was the first and only person executed by the State of Wisconsin before it abolished the death penalty in 1853. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978.
Street address: 5732 13th Court (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 78000110
The Manor House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Street address: 6536 3rd Avenue (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 80000145
The Kenosha Sand Dunes form the northern tip of the Chiwaukee Prairie Natural Area. They are one of the few remaining dune systems in Southeastern Wisconsin. They run for a half mile along Lake Michigan just to the south of Kenosha's Southport Park and are bounded on the west by 7th Avenue. The area near the shoreline has gently rolling sand dunes covered with grasses and sparse vegetation. Further west, the dunes have marshy ponds surrounded by cattails and mature trees.
The Justin Weed House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Street address: 3509 Washington Road (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 74000094
The Vincent-McCall Company Building, now the VMC Lofts, is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Street address: 2122 56th Street (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 100002235
On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake in the back four times and the side three times after Blake opened the driver's door of an SUV belonging to the mother of his children, and attempted to reach inside. Sheskey said that he believed he was about to be stabbed, since Blake was holding a knife. Earlier during the encounter, Blake had been tasered by two officers, but the tasers failed to disable him and he continued towards the vehicle.
Wilmot (also Gilead) is a residential and business community in the village of Salem Lakes in southwestern Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, prior to the incorporation into Salem Lakes, Wilmot was a census-designated place, with a population of 442. Since incorporation, Wilmot no longer has its own designated area for population statistics.
USGS GNIS ID: 1576805
The Third Avenue Historic District is the "mansion" district of Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States from the early twentieth century, comprising mostly large stylish homes along Lake Michigan.
NRHP reference number: 88002022
On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, fatally shot two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, and civil unrest that followed the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer. Race was a major theme in U.S. media commentary, although Rittenhouse and those he shot were white. Rittenhouse was armed with an AR-15 style rifle and had joined a group of armed people in Kenosha who said that they were in Kenosha to protect businesses.
Indian Trail High School and Academy is a public high school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, part of the Kenosha Unified School District. Unlike the other high schools in the district, ITHS/A houses a comprehensive high school and an alternative school under one roof; both schools share the music and physical education programs and some academic and elective classes such as foreign languages and Advanced Placement (AP) classes.
website: http://indiantrail.kusd.edu
The Civic Center Historic District is a group of six large Neoclassical Revival buildings around Civic Center Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, reflecting the city's history as Kenosha County seat.
NRHP reference number: 89000069
Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 until 1937. From 1937 through 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. As sales of smaller firms declined after 1950 in the wake of the domestic Big Three automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) advantages in production, distribution, and revenue, Nash merged with Hudson Motors to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). Nash automobile production continued from 1954 through 1957 under AMC.
Street address: 5715-5717 Sixth Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 9102 Sheridan Road, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 500-504 56th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 620 56th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 7310 57th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 7101 70th Court, Kenosha, WI 53142 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.cinemark.com/wisconsin/cinemark-tinseltown-usa
Street address: 2220-2222 63rd Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 5010 Seventh Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 619 56th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 4902 Seventh Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 5913 6th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53143 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.kenoshatheater.com
Street address: 6923 Fourteenth Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53143 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 8600 Sheridan Road, Kenosha, WI 53143 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 702 Sheridan Road, Somers, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 5819 Sixth Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 6304 24th Avenue , Kenosha, WI 53143 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 514 56th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.rhodecenter.org
Street address: 2910 Roosevelt Road, Kenosha, WI 53143 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 5611-13 22nd Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.uwp.edu/departments/foreign.films
Street address: 611-17 58th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Sheridan Road at 58th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 1500 27th Ave., Kenosha, WI 53140 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 110 S. Lake Ave., Twin Lakes, WI 53181 (from Wikidata)