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Racine County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
58historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
197,727pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 58 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Racine, Burlington, Waterford.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Racine titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

39 of 58 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

58 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Badger BuildingRacineBuilding1980
Beardsley, Elam, FarmhouseWaterfordBuilding1982
Burlington Cemetery ChapelBurlingtonBuilding2013
Burlington Community Swimming Pools and BathhouseBurlingtonBuilding2013
Burlington Downtown Historic DistrictBurlingtonDistrict2000
Collins, John, HouseCaledoniaBuilding1974
Cooley, Eli R., HouseRacineBuilding1973
Driver, Thomas, and Sons Manufacturing CompanyRacineBuilding2004
First Presbyterian ChurchRacineBuilding1973
Gold Medal Camp Furniture CompanyRacineBuilding2019
Hall, Chauncey, BuildingRacineBuilding1980
Hall, Chauncey, HouseRacineBuilding1976
Hansen HouseRacineBuilding1979
Hardy, Thomas P., HouseRacineBuilding1974
Hazelo, Franklyn, HouseBurlingtonBuilding1974
Historic Sixth Street Business DistrictRacineDistrict1988
Horlick Malted Milk Company Industrial ComplexRacineDistrict2020
Johnson, Herbert F., House NHLWind PointBuilding1975
Johnson, Peter, HouseRacineBuilding1986
Johnson, S.C., and Son Administration Building and Research Tower NHLRacineBuilding1974
Jonas, Karel, HouseRacineBuilding1982
KATE KELLY (Shipwreck)Wind PointSite2007
Kaiser'sRacineBuilding1980
Kane Street Historic DistrictBurlingtonDistrict2014
Lincoln SchoolRacineBuilding1994
McClurg BuildingRacineBuilding1977
Melvin Avenue Residential Historic DistrictRacineDistrict2011
Memorial HallRacineBuilding1980
Mitchell Lewis BuildingRacineBuilding2005
Murray, George, HouseRacineBuilding1979
No. 4 Engine HouseRacineBuilding1979
Northside Historic District of Cream Brick Workers' CottagesRacineDistrict1994
Norwegian Buildings at Heg ParkWaterfordBuilding1980
Old Main Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)RacineDistrict1987
Orchard Street Historic DistrictRacineDistrict2016
Racine CollegeRacineBuilding1976
Racine County CourthouseRacineBuilding1980
Racine DepotRacineBuilding1980
Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252RacineBuilding1984
Racine Harbor Lighthouse and Life Saving StationRacineBuilding1975
Racine Public LibraryRacineBuilding1981
Racine Rubber Company Homes Historic DistrictRacineDistrict2006
Rickeman Grocery BuildingRacineBuilding1982
Root River Parks (Island, Riverside, Cedar Bend, and Washington Parks)RacineDistrict2025
Shoop BuildingRacineBuilding1978
Southern Wisconsin Home Historic DistrictDoverDistrict1991
Southside Historic DistrictRacineDistrict1977
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Chapel, Guildhall, and RectoryRacineBuilding1979
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchRacineBuilding1979
US Post Office-Racine MainRacineBuilding1985
United Laymen Bible Student TabernacleRacineBuilding1983
Uptown TheaterRacineBuilding1982
Walker Manufacturing Company-Ajax PlantRacineBuilding2016
Whitman-Belden HouseRochesterBuilding1980
Wilmanor ApartmentsRacineBuilding1994
Windpoint Light StationRacineBuilding1984
Yorkville #4 SchoolYorkvilleBuilding2011
Young Men's Christian Association BuildingRacineBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Racine was formed in 1836 (1836-12-07) from Milwaukee.

RACINE created by Wisconsin Territory from MILWAUKEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Racine County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

198k101k3,4751840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,47521,36030,92245,64478,96194,047109,585141,781173,132188,831197,727

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Bohemian National Cemetery42.79857-87.8473
Burlington Cemetery42.68306-88.25822
Caledonia Memorial Park42.80693-87.89588
Calvary Cemetery42.7264-87.81451
Graceland Cemetery42.72737-87.82568
Holy Cross Cemetery42.72438-87.81572
Holy Cross Cemetery42.79142-87.8187
Holy Family Cemetery42.80087-87.83679
Honey Creek Cemetery42.74786-88.30599
McPherson Cemetery42.78557-88.00702
Mound Cemetery42.72057-87.81313
Mound City Cemetery Soldiers' Lot42.72165-87.81378
Oak Grove Cemetery42.81501-88.01158
Oakwood Cemetery42.78065-88.24744
Rochester Cemetery42.74433-88.2386
Rooker Cemetery42.69751-88.29259
Saint Charles Cemetery42.67377-88.301
Saint Mary Cemetery42.67426-88.28585
Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery42.77843-88.20437
Salem Cemetery42.84283-88.05172
Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery42.69664-88.08759
Sylvania Cemetery42.68203-87.95397
Union Grove Cemetery42.67324-88.05065
West Lawn Memorial Cemetery42.72248-87.89724

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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