Kenosha County WI Cemeteries

The Kenosha County Genealogical Society and the Kenosha County GenWeb are hosting a cemetery project. Here is a list of all the cemeteries in Kenosha County. We are asking for volunteers to walk these cemeteries and record data from the tombstones. If you are interested in signing up for a particular cemetery, please E-mail us.

This site is dedicated to the long time Kenosha County Genealogy Society member Lois Roepke Stein. She was an advocate for recording cemetery info in Kenosha. If it wasn't for her lists, some of data on the monuments that were readable 20 years ago but have weathered and crumbled since has been preserved.
Beautiful graphic created by Debbie Barrett

Last Update - 1/23/2005

Special thanks goes to our Kenosha County cemetery expert Jonathan Davis for all the work that he did to double check cemetery data. He created a more accurate and detailed guide to Kenosha County cemeteries that includes latitude and longitude data. The list below is his work and this information must not be resold or copied for profit without Jonathan's permission.
Kenosha County Cemetery Transcription Staff Members: Jan Payne, Steve & Pat McKay, Jan Mico, Laurel Moen, Kristine Victoria, Gina Gould, Ann Pape, Beth Konicek, Kathy Evanson, Michael W. Warren, John Hewes
Thank you to the volunteers!

Town of Brighton

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
St. Frances Xavier Church Cemetery	Hwy X	42.62783	-88.10060		Hwy X SOUTH OF HWY 142
Abandoned Cemetery	Several small cemeteries located in the section now known as Bong Base. The next of kin were notified and the graves were moved to the cemetery of kin's choice. Unclaimed graves were removed to a cemetery in Silver Lake.

Town of Bristol

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
Hosmer Cemetery (Chapel Cemetery)	County V	42.51	-88.02917		Corner of Hwy 45 and County V 2-3 miles north of the state line. (W/Illinois)	Fully transcribed by Ann Pape, 2001 (includes some photos) FINISHED
North Bristol	Hwy 50	42.56806	-87.99194		Hwy 50 3 miles west of I94	Kathy Evanson
Old Bristol/Wienke	This cemetery is located on a knoll about 100 yards south of Hy C. near Hy 45. The property was deeded to the town as a cemetery in 1844 by Underhill Nelson and his wife. In every exchange of that land the 2 acre area remained town property as a cemetery. The Nelsons sold the land to a Kingman family in 1848. The land since then has been owned by Charles Bishop, Ray Bishop, and a Bennett family and Weinke family. Evidently, Lois Stein investigated this cemetery and was not able to find any records of anyone being buried there ever. Someone who dug on the site looking for graves back in the 1970s was not successful at finding any and no records exist of burials there in town records. It appears to be a "cemetery on paper only"
St. Scholastic Cemetery (St. Mary's Cemetery)	CR V	42.50920	-88.05162		On County V approx 1-1/4 miles west of Hwy 45
South Bristol/Wesley	County U (136th Ave)	42.53216	-87.97057		1/2 mile south of County C. East side of road.
[Unknown name] cemetery					South of Paasch Lake on County V

Town of Paris

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
Bristol - Paris Cemetery	Hwy 60 (K)	42.58362	-88.00156		1 mile west of MB & K.
Paris Corners Cemetery (Paris Methodist)	Hwy 45	42.63543	-88.05160		Hwy 45 n. of Hwy 142, just south of the Racine county line.
Paris Lutheran Cemetery (Dutch)	Kenosha CR A	42.65512	-87.65512		Kenosha County A east of 144th avenue. And west of MB (West of I94 about 2.5 miles)
St. Johns Catholic Cemetery	Hwy D	42.53083	-88.21639	1859	One block north of Hwy 142 on County D (172 Ave) on the east side of the road near the church.	Beth Konicek

Town of Pleasant Prairie

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
All Saints Cemetery	3300 Springbrook Road Phone: 262-694-2040	42.53378	-87.85084		Kenosha County ML south of 93rd, ne of County EZ.
Good Shepard Lutheran	Springbrook	42.52092	-87.86022		South East Corner of Springbrook and 104th Street.
Green Ridge Cemetery (City Cemetery)	6604 7th Ave (City of Kenosha) Phone: 262-652-1631	42.57222	-87.81972
Kenosha County Cemetery	County H	42.54851	-87.91312		On H just south of C. East Side of H	Contributed by John Hewes. Thanks John!
Lake View Cemetery	This was a property owned by Thomas Jackson then located adjacent to the "City Cemetery". The Lake View Cemetery was purchased in 1912 by the Kenosha Cemetery Association to enlarge the City Cemetery, which is now known as Green Ridge Cemetery.
St. James Cemetery	7002 7th Ave, City of Kenosha; St. James Cemetery Association: 262-654-3458	42.56306	-87.82083		Next to the Green Ridge Cemetery.
St. Mark's Cemetery					7117 14th Avenue, City of Kenosha
Springbrook Cemetery	Springbrook Rd.	42.50278	-87.89194		Springbrook (County ML) just 1/4 mile west of Highway 31 (Green Bay Rd)
Vale Cemetery	Hwy 50	42.56747	-87.92432		Highway 50 1.5 miles east of Highway 31. On the north side of Highway 50. Note: many broken monuments removed from cemetery
Old Saint Mark's cemetery	7th Avenue	42.56312	-87.56312	1848	Behind & Beside Southport School. (SW side), 7th Ave about 77th Street, City of Kenosha	Transcribed by Kathy Evanson and Joyce Moran 27 Jan 2002 Finished!

Town of Randall

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
Mound Prairie Cemetery	104th Street	42.52472	-88.285		On 104th Street west of County P (388th Street), one mile west of the village of Twin Lakes.	Gina Gould
St. John's Cemetery	CR. KD	42.5825	-88.28361	1959	West of Bassett on corner of County KD (336th Street) & Legion Drive (98th Street). (1/2 Mile south of CR F East side of KD)
Wilmot Cemetery	Hwy C west of town	42.51195	-88.18842		On County C, north side of road, 312th Ave & 116th Street, 1 mile west of the village of Wilmot.
[Unknown name] cemetery	County FR				Located on John Ellverman Farm. 12 or 15 monuments. On County FR (312th Street).

Town of Salem

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery	County Road C	42.50975	-88.17378		Hwy C, just west of the village of Wilmot. South Side of road, on a hill. 3 miles north of Illinois state line.
Liberty Corners Cemetery	Hwy 83	42.51778	-88.09806		On Hwy 83 about 1/2 mile south of County C.
Salem Mound Cemetery	Hwy 50	42.5675	-88.15722		On Hwy 50/Hwy 83 (75th Street) at County B (288th Street) Silver Lake
Sister of St. Benedict Cemetary	County V				On County V south of County JS.
Union Cemetery		42.56861	-88.07972		Hwy 50 1.5 miles west of Paddock Lake, North Side of road. (At 225th Street)	Laurel Moen

Town of Somers

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
B'Nai Zek Cemetery	Hwy 32	42.62552	-87.82490		On Hwy 32 north of the city of Kenosha (across from Carthage College)
Oakwood Cemetery	Hwy 31	42.63944	-87.87444		Intersection of 12th Street & Highway 31 just south of UW Parkside Woods. SE corner of intersection, entrance off of 12th street.	Michael W. Warren
St. Casmir's (Polish) Cemetery	47th Avenue	42.60611	-87.86417		Old Polish Catholic Church is about 10 blocks west of Lake Michigan on Washington Street. Cemetery is just north of Washington about 2 miles further west.	Steve & Pat McKay
St. George's Cemetery	Hwy 32	42.61472	-87.82389		On Hwy 32 at Alford Park Drive. Phone: 262-657-3442.	Kristine Victoria
Sunset Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery	6211 38th Street; Phone: 262-652-7488	42.60083	-87.88333		On County S west of Hwy 31. On the south side of the road. (No large monuments - all flat markers)

Town of Wheatland

NAME	ROAD ADDRESS	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	YEAR EST	DIRECTIONS	VOLUNTEER STATUS
First German Presbyterian Cemetery (Wheatland Presbyterian)	Geneva Road	42.57694	-88.23300		On Geneva Road west of New Munster, south side, in town; 1/2 mile west of County KD.
Free Will Baptist Cemetery	Geneva Road	42.57905	-88.26189		1/4 mile west of County O. On the south side of Geneva road. Sits back on a rise above the road. Shaded by old oak trees. Not visible from the road.
Methodist Cemetery (High Street Cemetery)	376th Avenue	42.60687	-88.26689	1860	On 376th Ave, South of 31st Street/Karcher Road/County JB, on the west side of the road.
St. Alphonsus Cemetery	Old Hwy 50	42.58067	-88.22551		Old Geneva Road just east of town. North Side of road. Behind large red brick church. Spire is visable for miles.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	39506 60th Street	42.58229	-88.28371		Sandwiched between the new by-pass Hwy 50 and old Geneva Road. About 5 miles east of Lake Geneva.
Wheatland Township Cemetery	County O	42.57696	-88.25720		Hwy O south of hwy 50\no sign, on a hill. On west side of O.

St. Alphonsus Cemetery - Notes from Researchers

There is a listing in Section II for Mary and William We??eling.
The last name is WERMELING, William C. born 8/5/1891, died 12/19/1964.
He was a WWI veteran and Mary WERMELING was his wife.

Contributed by Eileen M. Koehler