11 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Kenosha, Wisconsin
How many of these facts do you know?
2 min readMay 16, 2021
- Jeff Mauro, known as “The Sandwich King” on Food Network, says that the grilled cheese sandwich from Mars Cheese Castle is one of the 8 best sandwiches in the country.
- Car manufacturer AMC, in a partnership with Renault, developed the Renault Alliance in the early 1980s, which won “Car Of The Year” in 1983 from Motor Trend.
- Take a ride down the Pike Bike Trail to see three spots on the National Register Historic Districs, Lake Michigan, and historical lighthouses.
- Kenosha is home to a number of famous people including actors Mark Ruffalo, Orson Welles, inventor Thomas B. Jeffery, Chef Tony Mantuano, and Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler.
- Native Americans originally called Kenosha “Kenozia”, or “place of the Pike.”
- Kenosha ranks in the top 50 high tech economies nationwide, and high tech industries add nearly $3.5 billion into the local economy.
- Franks Diner in Kenosha appeared on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”
- Kenosha is close to Milwaukee, but is actually part of the United States Census Bureau’s Chicago combined statistical area and metropolitan statistical area.
- The last stop on Chicago’s Union Pacific North Metra Line is Kenosha.
- There’s a prehistoric woolly mammoth skeleton featured in an exhibit at the Kenosha Public Museum, and is estimated to be 14,5000 years old.
- Kenosha is a great place to meet your neighbors! Check out this free summer concert on Sunday, August 29, 2021 from 1–3 p.m. at the Sesquicentennial Band Shell at Pennoyer Park.
