Klondike, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Klondike is an unincorporated community residential and agricultural community in the town of Brighton, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]

History

Klondike was first settled in the 19th Century and was formerly known as Klondike Corner. Klondike is centered at Highway 75 and 52nd Street (Kenosha County Highway NN). The Union League Camp facility, which houses an Army Reserve enrichment program, is located on 244th Avenue at 52nd Street in Klondike. Until Sunday, July 20, 1941 when the Union League Club of Chicago took over the site, it had been a communist youth camp called Camp Nitgedeiget (meaning "don't worry" in Yiddish) where the Third Internationale had been sung and a hammer and sickle flag was raised daily.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ "Klondike, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ 'Racine Journal-Tribune,' July 22, 1941, pg. 7
↑ Klondike website
↑ Kenohas County, WI Place Names

Municipalities and communities of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Kenosha

City	Kenosha

Villages	Bristol Genoa City‡ Paddock Lake Pleasant Prairie Silver Lake Twin Lakes

Towns	Brighton Paris Randall Salem Somers Wheatland

CDPs	Camp Lake Lily Lake Powers Lake Wilmot

Unincorporated communities	Bassett Benet Lake Brighton Central Park Chapin Fox River Kellogg's Corners Klondike Liberty Corners New Munster Paris Salem Salem Oaks Slades Corners Somers Trevor Voltz Lake

Ghost town	Aurora

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 42°35′24″N 88°07′10″W / 42.59000°N 88.11944°W / 42.59000; -88.11944

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