Editing Kenosha County, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The [[Potowatomi]] inhabited the area that would become Kenosha County for centuries prior to the acquisition of the area in 1833. The city of Kenosha was founded in 1835, and Kenosha County was formed from Racine County on January 30, 1850.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |website=publications.newberry.org |publisher=The [[Newberry Library]] |date=2008 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kenosha County |url=https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/kenosha-county/ |website=Encyclopedia of Milwaukee |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] |access-date=April 27, 2022}}</ref> Its location led to development and factories being built in the 19th century. Manufacturing continued to be a key component of the economy into the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|last1=WHS Library Archives Staff|title=A Brief History of Kenosha, Wisconsin|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2535|website=Wisconsin Historical Society|date=August 16, 2012|access-date=March 25, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171330/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2535|archive-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>