THE KENOSHA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Kenosha County has 271.8 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Kenosha County: Kettle Moraines, Chiwaukee Prairie Region.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Kenosha County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Kettle Moraines57.7%
- Chiwaukee Prairie Region42.3%
Central Corn Belt Plains in Kenosha County
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Kenosha County
The atlas lists 16 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Kenosha County, including Brighton, Paris, Pleasant Prairie. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Kenosha County by land and water
The Census records 482.2 square miles of water within Kenosha County, or 63.9% of its total area. That share is close to Kenosha County’s 63.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kenosha County has 119.2 times the land area of nearby Somers town (2.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Racine County, Walworth County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

