Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
county in Wisconsin, United States
Kewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,563. Its county seat is Kewaunee. The county was created in 1852 and organized in 1859. Its Menominee name is Kewāneh, an archaic name for a species of duck. Kewaunee County is part of the Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Green Bay-Shawano, WI Combined Statistical Area. Uniquely in Wisconsin, the county is considered both a high-farming concentration county and a high-manufacturing county by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meaning at least 20 percent of its earnings came from agriculture and at least 25 percent came from manufacturing.
Fishing and boating
In 2018, Kewaunee County ranked first in the state in the Chinook salmon harvest, with 26,557 fish caught, with nearby Door County ranking second at 14,268 fish caught. Chinook salmon are sought after by tourists enjoying chartered fishing trips.
The state record rainbow trout was set in 1997 at 27 pounds, 2 ounces and 42.5 inches long.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kewaunee County, Wisconsin” is county in Wisconsin, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kewaunee, County and Wisconsin, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “county in Wisconsin, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q932951. VIAF identifies the subject as 153614084. The Library of Congress control number is n81050407. Authority coordinates are 44.590, -87.440. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1852, 1859 and 2018.
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Questions for further research
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