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==History==

==History==

Kewaunee was the site of a [[Potawatomi]] village at the time of European contact in the seventeenth century.<ref name="brief">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Kewaunee |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2425 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=9 August 2022 |language=en |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> French [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Jacques Marquette]] celebrated [[All Saints Day]] at the Potawatomi village in 1674.<ref name="brief" /><ref name="wmhss">{{Cite journal| issn = 0043-6534| volume = 7| issue = 3| title = The Society and the State| journal = The Wisconsin Magazine of History| date = 1924 }}</ref>{{rp|371–372}} Later, French explorer [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] visited the village in 1679,<ref name="kellogg1925">{{Cite book| publisher = State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; printed by G. Banta| last = Kellogg| first = Louise Phelps| title = The French regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest| location = Madison| date = 1925}}</ref>{{rp|215}} and Canadian Jesuit [[Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme]] stopped in September 1698.{{r|kellogg1925|p=262}} The Potawatomis moved south and east along [[Lake Michigan]] in the eighteenth century,<ref>{{cite web |title=Potawatomi History |url=https://www.mpm.edu/educators/wirp/nations/potawatomi/history |website=www.mpm.edu |publisher=Milwaukee Public Museum}}</ref> and the area was reclaimed by [[Menominee]] people. Trader [[Jacques Vieau]] established a short lived trading post for the [[North West Company]] in the area of Kewaunee in 1795.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Democrat Printing Company| volume = 11| editor = Reuben Gold Thwaites| last = Vieau| first = Andrew| title = Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin| chapter = Narrative of Andrew J. Vieau, Sr.| location = Madison| date = 1888| lccn = 28015093| url=https://lccn.loc.gov/28015093}}</ref>{{rp|220}} The United States acquired the land from the Menominee nation in the [[Treaty of Washington, with Menominee (1831)|1831 Treaty of Washington]].<ref name="royce">{{Cite book| publisher = Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.| volume = 18 pt 2| last = Royce| first = Charles C.| title = Indian Land Cessions in the United States| series = Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | accessdate = 2022-08-09| date = 1895| url = http://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit | pages = [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit/page/728/mode/2up 728-729], [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit/page/n725/mode/2up plate CLXXI]}}</ref>

Kewaunee was the site of a [[Potawatomi]] village at the time of European contact in the seventeenth century.<ref name="brief">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Kewaunee |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2425 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=9 August 2022 |language=en |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> French [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Jacques Marquette]] celebrated [[All Saints Day]] at the Potawatomi village in 1674.<ref name="brief" /><ref name="wmhss">{{Cite journal| issn = 0043-6534| volume = 7| issue = 3| title = The Society and the State| journal = The Wisconsin Magazine of History| date = 1924 }}</ref>{{rp|371-372}} Later, French explorer [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] visited the village in 1679,<ref name="kellogg1925">{{Cite book| publisher = State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; printed by G. Banta| last = Kellogg| first = Louise Phelps| title = The French regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest| location = Madison| date = 1925}}</ref>{{rp|215}} and Canadian Jesuit [[Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme]] stopped in September 1698.{{r|kellogg1925|p=262}} The Potawatomis moved south and east along [[Lake Michigan]] in the eighteenth century,<ref>{{cite web |title=Potawatomi History |url=https://www.mpm.edu/educators/wirp/nations/potawatomi/history |website=www.mpm.edu |publisher=Milwaukee Public Museum}}</ref> and the area was reclaimed by [[Menominee]] people. Trader [[Jacques Vieau]] established a short lived trading post for the [[North West Company]] in the area of Kewaunee in 1795.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Democrat Printing Company| volume = 11| editor = Reuben Gold Thwaites| last = Vieau| first = Andrew| title = Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin| chapter = Narrative of Andrew J. Vieau, Sr.| location = Madison| date = 1888| lccn = 28015093| url=https://lccn.loc.gov/28015093}}</ref>{{rp|220}} The United States acquired the land from the Menominee nation in the [[Treaty of Washington, with Menominee (1831)|1831 Treaty of Washington]].<ref name="royce">{{Cite book| publisher = Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.| volume = 18 pt 2| last = Royce| first = Charles C.| title = Indian Land Cessions in the United States| series = Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | accessdate = 2022-08-09| date = 1895| url = http://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit | pages = [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit/page/728/mode/2up 728-729], [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbu218smit/page/n725/mode/2up plate CLXXI]}}</ref>

The current settlement at Kewaunee began in 1836, when false rumors of gold deposits in the [[Kewaunee River]] triggered a minor [[gold rush]] of [[Yankee]] settlers. Land speculator Joshua Hathaway surveyed and platted the settlement. When no gold was found, the settlers who remained established a sawmill and developed the local harbor for the lumber industry.<ref name="HNW">{{Cite book| publisher = Western Historical Company| place = Chicago| title = History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ..| accessdate = 2022-08-09| date = 1881| url = http://archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west}}</ref>{{rp|427–428}} Kewaunee became the county seat of [[Kewaunee County]] at the time of the county's formation in 1852. In the late nineteenth century, the community attracted many [[Czech Americans|Czech]] and [[German Americans|German]] immigrants.<ref name="brief" />

The current settlement at Kewaunee began in 1836, when false rumors of gold deposits in the [[Kewaunee River]] triggered a minor [[gold rush]] of [[Yankee]] settlers. Land speculator Joshua Hathaway surveyed and platted the settlement. When no gold was found, the settlers who remained established a sawmill and developed the local harbor for the lumber industry.<ref name="HNW">{{Cite book| publisher = Western Historical Company| place = Chicago| title = History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ..| accessdate = 2022-08-09| date = 1881| url = http://archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west}}</ref>{{rp|427-428}} Kewaunee became the county seat of [[Kewaunee County]] at the time of the county's formation in 1852. In the late nineteenth century, the community attracted many [[Czech Americans|Czech]] and [[German Americans|German]] immigrants.<ref name="brief" />



==Geography==

==Geography==

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== Healthcare ==

== Healthcare ==

Kewaunee is home to two primary care clinics and one [[urgent care center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellin Health Kewaunee - Kewaunee, WI - 54216 |url=https://care.bellin.org/location/bellin-health-kewaunee-kewaunee-54216 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=care.bellin.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Prevea Kewaunee Health Center |url=https://www.prevea.com/locations/Kewaunee |website=Prevea}}</ref> The area is in both a [[mental health]] and primary care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find Shortage Areas by Address |url=https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/by-address |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=data.hrsa.gov}}</ref> qualifying the area as a [[Medical deserts in the United States|medical desert]]. There are 7 primary care providers per 100,000 population in Kewaunee compared to the statewide average of 75.6.<ref name="Reports">{{Cite web |title=Reports |url=https://www.wcmew.org/reports |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=WCMEW |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2035, the area is expected to have a 93.7% deficit in physicians, the largest deficit in Wisconsin.<ref name="Reports"/> There are no behavior health professionals in Kewaunee.<ref name="Reports"/>

Kewaunee is home to two primary care clinics and one [[urgent care center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellin Health Kewaunee - Kewaunee, WI - 54216 |url=https://care.bellin.org/location/bellin-health-kewaunee-kewaunee-54216 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=care.bellin.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Prevea Kewaunee Health Center |url=https://www.prevea.com/locations/Kewaunee |website=Prevea}}</ref> The area is in both a [[mental health]] and primary care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find Shortage Areas by Address |url=https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/by-address |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=data.hrsa.gov}}</ref> qualifying the area as a [[Medical deserts in the United States|medical desert]]. There are 7 primary care providers per 100,000 population in Kewaunee compared to the statewide average of 75.6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reports |url=https://www.wcmew.org/reports |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=WCMEW |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2035, the area is expected to have a 93.7% deficit in physicians, the largest deficit in Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reports |url=https://www.wcmew.org/reports |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=WCMEW |language=en-US}}</ref> There are no behavior health professionals in Kewaunee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reports |url=https://www.wcmew.org/reports |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=WCMEW |language=en-US}}</ref>



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