Twin Lakes is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The Village of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin is located at the Illinois connect east of US Highway 12 in western Kenosha County. Incorporated in 1937, Twin Lakes has enjoyed a long chronicles as the prime home site for Native Americans as without difficulty as Settlers who arrived later. With nearly 1000 acres of water, the twin lakes of Mary and Elizabeth have drawn vacationers to numerous resorts as without difficulty as ice harvesters in the days of “ice box” refrigeration.

Today, while the ice harvesting has ended, many homes in Twin Lakes are used for recreation and the lakes remain a popular destination. Twin Lakes is house to practically 6,041 permanent residents taking into consideration about a third more spending only allowance of the year here.

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 beforehand settler upon the prairie. Their son Robert was the first born son of European pedigree in the county. There were eight kids in all, including the first set of twins born upon 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 roughly speaking to the English Prairie.

A name office called Twin Lakes has been in operation before 1891.