Kenosha

city in and county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin and part of the Chicago metropolitan area, known as Chicagoland
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Kenosha
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Summary

Kenosha is a city in the United States[1]. Kenosha ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,672 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kenosha County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: John Antaramian[5], David Bogdala[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7], second-class city[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Wolfenbüttel[9], Cosenza[10], Douai[11]
  • Location: Chicago metropolitan area[12]
  • Postal code: 53140[13], 53141[14], 53142[15], 53143[16], 53144[17]
  • Commons category: Kenosha, Wisconsin[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[19]
  • Local dialing code: 262[20]
  • Inception: 1835[21]
  • Start time: January 1, 1850[22]
  • Official website: https://www.kenosha.org/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kenosha, Wisconsin[24]
  • Population: 99,218[25], 99,986[26]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin[27]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], The New Student's Reference Work[29]
  • Capital of: Kenosha County[30]
  • Official name: Kenosha[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kenosha, Wisconsin[32]
  • Number of households: 38,416[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kenosha, Wisconsin[34]
  • Owner of: Nash Field[35]
  • Different from: Keshena[36]
  • Elevation above sea level: 184 m[37]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 72.202608 km²[38] and 70.009292 km²[39].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kenosha include Kenosha Regional Airport[40], an airport[41], in United States[42].

Why It Matters

Kenosha has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Kenosha is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for Kenosha include Kenosha Regional Airport[40], an airport[41], in United States[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . kenosha.org. Retrieved . kenosha.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . kenosha.org. Retrieved . kenosha.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → kenosha
    Located in time zone → UTC−06:00
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: kenosha, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945341|kenosha (#289945341)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 20w ago · 636Buster · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 42.582222222222, 'lon': -87.845555555556}
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Kenosha metropolitan area
    Population → {'amount': '+99218'}, {'amount': '+99986'}
    Head of government → John Antaramian, David Bogdala
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: South on 6th Ave. from 56th St., Kenosha, WI.jpg"
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