Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

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County in northeast Wisconsin along the Lake Michigan shore, bordering Door County to the north, Manitowoc County to the south, and Brown County to the west. It also has a few miles of shore on the Bay of Green Bay in the northwest corner of the county.

Kewaunee County is a predominantly rural county, engaging in dairy agriculture. The county seat is Kewaunee, and other major communities in the county include Luxemburg, Casco, and Algoma.

Population (1999): 19,966
Area: 342.7 sq. mi.
Formed: 1852, out of Manitowoc County

My sister used to live in Kewaunee county. She once told me that Kewaunee is a native american word that means "lost in the fog", but according to the Wisconsin Counties Assoc. webpage, it means either "prarie chicken" or "the way across a point of land".