Kenosha is a city in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, it is the fourth-most populous city in Wisconsin, with 99,986 residents at the 2020 census. The Kenosha metropolitan statistical area, consisting solely of Kenosha County, has roughly 169,000 residents. Kenosha is a satellite city located roughly 32 miles (51 km) south of Milwaukee and 50 miles (80 km) north of Chicago via Interstate 94 and has significant cultural and economic connections to both cities.
Midwest
Kenosha
Kenosha County, WI
Population
99,493
Walk Score
89 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,079
Median home value
$194,400
Settled
1835
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Civic Center Historic District · listed 1989
- Library Park Historic District · listed 1988
- Third Avenue Historic District · listed 1988
Notable landmarks
- Barden Store · listed 2020
- Barnes Creek Site · listed 1977
- Boys and Girls Library · listed 1980
- Chesrow Site · listed 1978
- Isermann, Anthony and Caroline, House · listed 2004
- Isermann, Frank and Jane, House · listed 2004
- Kemper Hall · listed 1976
- Kenosha County Courthouse and Jail · listed 1982
- Kenosha Elks Club · listed 2017
- Kenosha Light Station · listed 1990
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light · listed 2008
- Library Park · listed 2000
- Manor House · listed 1980
- McCaffary, John, House · listed 1978
- Simmons Island Beach House · listed 2003
- Simmons, Gilbert M., Memorial Library · listed 1974
- Southport Beach House · listed 2003
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church · listed 1979
- Vincent-McCall Company Building · listed 2018
- Washington Park Clubhouse · listed 2003
- Weed, Justin, House · listed 1974
- WISCONSIN shipwreck (iron steamer) · listed 2009
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