Title: Kenosha County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls
Inclusive Dates: 1856-1980

Creator:

• Kenosha County (Wis.). Treasurer

Call Number: Kenosha Series 54

Quantity: 77.0 c.f. (593 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Record of the assessed value of and the amount of taxes levied and collected on each parcel of real estate and from every individual with taxable personal property in Kenosha County. The tax roll typically gives a description of the property, the name of the owner, assessed valuation, tax levied, and a record of payments. Included are the rolls for the City of Kenosha for the years 1868-1900 and every fifth year thereafter, and for other municipalities, 1856-1900 and every fifth year thereafter.

Language: English

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By year and thereunder alphabetical by municipality. City of Kenosha rolls are filed separately in chronological order.

City of Kenosha Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1850-1869 (Kenosha Series 32).

These tax rolls were transferred from the Kenosha County Treasurer's Office to the Area Research Center of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in December 1976. The rolls for the City of Kenosha begin with 1868 and run consecutively through 1900. After 1900, the rolls are retained for every fifth year: 1905, 1910, etc. In addition to these real estate tax rolls, the volumes include personal property tax rolls for 1889, 1892, 1905, and 1920; and income tax rolls for 1925 and 1926. For the period 1910-1925, the real estate tax rolls are divided into volumes by ward or wards, and thereafter by property parcel number.

The real estate tax rolls for the county, excluding the City of Kenosha, include the towns and villages of Brighton, Bristol, Paris, Pleasant Prairie, Salem, Somers, and Wheatland from 1856; Randall from 1860; Silver Lake from 1930; Twin Lakes from 1940; and Paddock Lake from 1965. Titles appearing on the volumes usually indicate (1) the year, (2) a town name, and (3) a title, “Tax Roll,” but for the early volumes these designations do not accurately reflect the content, since most early volumes contain rolls for towns in addition to the one noted on the volume cover.

Some early volumes are titled “Assessment Rolls,” with no town designation. Assessment rolls contain the name of the property owner, description and location of the property, assessment of value. Tax rolls contain this information along with state, city, town, school and/or special levies, and record of payment.

Tax rolls after 1900, except for years ending in 0 or 5, have been destroyed in accordance with Wisconsin State Statutes.

Brighton (Town)

1856-1864, 1866-1873, 1875-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Bristol (Town)

1856-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Kenosha (City)

1867-1881, 1896-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Paddock Lake (Village)

every five years 1965-1980

Paris (Town)

1856-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Pleasant Prairie (Town)

1856-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Randall (Town)

1860-1865, 1867-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Salem (Town)

1857-1859, 1861-1863, 1865-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Silver Lake (Village)

every five years 1965-1980

Somers (Town)

1856-1900, every five years 1905-1980

Twin Lakes (Village)

every five years 1940-1980

Wheatland (Town)

1856-1900, every five years 1905-1980