Wisconsin is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.
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 is named after the county seat, Kenosha, the fourth largest city in Wisconsin. Kenosha County is part of the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is on the west shore of Lake Michigan.
Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire. The county took its name from the Eau Claire River.
Kenosha is a city in and the county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Kenosha is on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census the population was 99,986, which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin and the fourth-largest city on Lake Michigan. Although closer to Milwaukee than Chicago, Kenosha is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA) and metropolitan statistical area.
Paris is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Paris and Chapin are located within the town.
Pleasant Prairie is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan, 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. At the 2020 census the population was 21,250. Among its notable features are the RecPlex and Chiwaukee Prairie.
Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population in 2018 was an estimated 8,359. Somers has a post office with ZIP code 53171.
Peter William Barca is an American Democratic politician and the current Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. Barca is a lifelong resident of the Kenosha area.
Kenosha Light is a lighthouse and keeper's house on Simmons Island north of the channel into Kenosha's harbor in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA.
Klondike is an unincorporated community residential and agricultural community in the town of Brighton, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
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.
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 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, and Parisville.
Slades Corners is a small unincorporated residential and agricultural community located on Old Highway 50 and 400th Avenue in the southwestern 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.
Kellogg's Corners is a residential and agricultural community in the village of Somers in northeastern Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It lies at the junction of Interstate 94/U.S. Route 41 and Kenosha County Highway KR at the border with Racine County. Kellogg's Corners was first settled in 1837 by the Brothers Kellogg - Seth, Chauncey, and Thaddeus.
United Communications Corporation (UCC) was a privately owned operator of three television stations in the U.S. states of Minnesota and New York. The company was formerly the publisher of the Kenosha News of Kenosha, Wisconsin and two other daily newspapers.
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 2,584 at the 2010 census. The former unincorporated communities of Bissell, Cypress, Pikeville, and Woodworth are located in the village. With an estimated 5,142 people calling the village home in 2019, Bristol has nearly doubled its population in the last decade.
James Tinker was an American farmer from Rochester, Wisconsin who served a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, in 1851, from Racine County as well as holding a variety of local offices.
Herman S. Thorp was an American farmer from Bristol or Cypress, Wisconsin who served as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Racine County, and a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 8th District.
Somers is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Prior to 2015, the town encompassed all of the village of Somers along with its current area. When the village was incorporated in 2015, the western part of the original town remained as part of the town; however, it was later incorporated into the village as well. The present town largely consists of land along or within the boundaries of Kenosha, and it is slated to become part of Kenosha by 2035.
