Kewaskum is a village in Washington and Fond du Lac counties in Wisconsin, United States.

[5] He was friendly with the early settlers, including future Wisconsin state senator Densmore Maxon.

"[7] In the early 19th century, the Kewaskum area was home to the Potawatomi, who surrendered the land the United States Federal Government in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which required them to leave Wisconsin by 1838.

[9] One band of strolling Potawatomi travelled through Dodge, Jefferson, and Washington counties, and was led by Chief Kewaskum, who had a camp on Pike Lake.

[10] In 1849, the residents changed their community's name to the "Town of Kewaskum" to distinguish it from neighboring West Bend.

[11] While the first settlers were primarily farmers, the village of Kewaskum traces its origins to J. H. Myer, who settled on a horseshoe bend in the Milwaukee River in 1852 and later built a sawmill and a gristmill.

The settlement, which was originally known as "Myer's Mill" and later as "Kewaskum Center,"[11] soon became a market town with a general store and a blacksmith shop serving the local farmers.

[10] In 1873, the Chicago and North Western Railway completed a line from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac with a station in Kewaskum.

[12] The community's rail connections caused the local economy to grow and prosper as new businesses, including hotels, stores, and grain elevators opened around the station.

[14] While the village economy was primarily agricultural in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Kewaskum became increasingly industrialized throughout the 1900s.

[15] The community's population grew during the post–World War II economic expansion, leading the village to annex land from the Town of Kewaskum for new commercial and residential developments.

[16] Additionally, Kewaskum annexed a noncontiguous parcel of land in the Town of Auburn in Fond du Lac County in 1963.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.45 square miles (6.35 km2), all of it land.