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 KENOSHA.--Population 12,373. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 78 This is one of the oldest and smallest Counties in the State, occupying the south-east corner on Lake Michigan. The County is mostly prairie, under excellent cultivation, and is but a sample of what Wisconsin will be in its manhood, wealthy and prosperous. There are of course no public lands to be obtained. The Lake Shore Rail Road passes along the Lake, and the Kenosha and Janesville Rail Road is building. Kenosha, the County Seat, is a prosperous place, and is noted for the enterprise and intelligence of its inhabitants. A large produce export business is done at this port, for which see the table of exports under its appropriate head.-Population 3,879. Links and Resources: Wisconsin Biographies Project-Kenosha-Offsite link with an extensive list of biographies online. Cemeteries & Deaths
Original Field Notes and Plat Maps From Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records. his website provides access to scanned images of the original General Land Office survey field notes and plat maps. All of this material is based on the township, range and section descriptions of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). To effectively use this material, you will need to know this description for the property you are researching. This legal description can be derived from topographic maps, land ownership maps, deeds and or property tax bills among other sources. Offsite link 1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen Current County Map, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information: Major local road networks, Interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, Recreation areas, Points of interest, Hospitals, Schools, Airports, Urban boundaries, Railroads, Town roads, Federal and state forest boundaries, Indian reservations, Township boundaries. See also: American History and Genealogy Project American Local History Network theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. The registration occurred after the registration date. | ||||||
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