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Twin Lakes is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Illinois–Wisconsin border east of U.S. Highway 12, incorporated in 1937. With nearly 1000 acres of surface water, the twin lakes of Mary and Elizabeth have drawn vacationers to numerous resorts as well as ice harvesters in the days of icebox refrigeration. Today, many houses there are used for recreation, and the lakes remain a popular destination. Twin Lakes is home to about 6,041 permanent residents and a third more occasional ones.

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History

Mary Rae, a native of England was born June 15, 1816. She came to America in 1833 and resided in what was to become known as “English Prairie”. In 1837 she was married to Jonathan Imeson, also an early settler on the prairie. Their son Robert was the first born son of European descent in the county. There were eight children in all, including the first set of twins born on the prairie. The girls were baptized Mary and Elizabeth. Both lakes were named after these girls, Lake Mary & Lake Elizabeth, which extended into Illinois, and almost to the English Prairie.

A post office called Twin Lakes has been in operation since 1891.

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Geography

Twin Lakes is located at 42°31′18″N 88°15′46″W / 42.52167°N 88.26278°W / 42.52167; -88.26278 (42.521554, −88.262885).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 9.75 square miles (25.25 km), of which, 8.18 square miles (21.19 km) of it is land and 1.57 square miles (4.07 km) is water.

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