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The 2010 census reported that 51 percent of Kenosha residents moved in from other cities and states. The Chamber of Commerce attributed this to the city's museums, lakeshore attractions, cultural and work opportunities, its public-school system, transportation amenities, and relatively lower costs-of-living. [72]
Mineral Point – The City Where Wisconsin Began [1] Minocqua – The Island City [1] Monona – City of Pride, and It Shows [1] Monroe – Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A [1] [8] Montfort – Home of the Fort [1] Mt. Horeb – The Troll Capital [1] Muscoda – Morel Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin [1] [8]
Major highway routes in the area include: Interstate 41/U.S. Route 41, which connects the Fox Cities with Green Bay and Milwaukee; Wisconsin Highway 441, known locally as the Tri-County Expressway, which is an auxiliary highway of Interstate 41 that serves as a beltway around Appleton; and U.S. Route 10 which travels east–west, connecting the ...
The population was 169,151 as of the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous county in Wisconsin. [1] [2] The county shares the same name as its county seat, the city of Kenosha, [3] the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. [1] Kenosha County is situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
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.
Bay City is located at (44.584517, -92.452749 [ 6 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.61 square miles (1.58 km 2 ), of which 0.59 square miles (1.53 km 2 ) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2 ) is water.
Ashland, Wisconsin. Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 7,908 at the 2020 census, all of whom resided in the Ashland County portion of the city.
This area is known to the Potawatomi as Wah-ya-qua-kah-me-kong, for "head of the land" or "land's end". [2] Today the area is named for Elias Gill, a local 19th century landowner. Gills Rock has a strong history and tradition of commercial fishing, which continues to this day. [3] Death's Door Maritime Museum is located there. [4]