Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

County in Wisconsin, United States

"Sheboygan County" redirects here. Not to be confused with Cheboygan County, Michigan.

County in Wisconsin, United States

Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

County

Sheboygan County Courthouse

Sheboygan County Courthouse

Flag of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Flag

Official seal of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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Map of Wisconsin showing Sheboygan County

Map of Wisconsin showing Sheboygan County

Wisconsin's location in the contiguous United States

Country|  United States
State|  Wisconsin
Incorporated| 1846
Named for| Sheboygan River
County seat| Sheboygan
Largest city| Sheboygan
Incorporated municipalities|

28 (total)

* 3 cities
* 19 towns
* 11 villages

Government

• Type| County
• Body| Board of Supervisors
• Board President| Roger L. Te Stroete
• County Board| 25 commissioners
Area

• Total| 1,271 sq mi (3,290 km2)
• Land| 511 sq mi (1,320 km2)
• Water| 760 sq mi (2,000 km2)
• Rank| 56th largest county in Wisconsin
Population

(2020)

• Total| 118,034
• Rank| 13th largest county in Wisconsin
• Density| 93/sq mi (36/km2)
Time zone| UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−5 (Central)
ZIP Code|

53081, 53083, 53073, 53085, 53070, 53044, 53093, 53001, 53031, 53026, 53082

Area codes| 920
Congressional districts| 6th
Interstates|

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State Routes|  File:WIS 28.svg File:WIS 144.svg

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Airports| Sheboygan County Memorial Airport

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Waterways| Lake Michigan – Sheboygan River – North Branch Milwaukee River

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Public transit| Shoreline Metro
Website| sheboygancountywi.gov

Sheboygan County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named after the Sheboygan River.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,034.[2] Its county seat is Sheboygan.[3] The county was created in 1836 and organized in 1846.[4] At the time, it was located in the Wisconsin Territory. Sheboygan County comprises the Sheboygan, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Part of the Holyland region is located in northwestern Sheboygan County.

## Contents

* 1 Geography
* 1.1 Major highways
* 1.2 Railroads
* 1.3 Buses
* 1.4 Airport
* 1.5 Adjacent counties
* 2 Climate
* 3 Demographics
* 4 Communities
* 4.1 Cities
* 4.2 Villages
* 4.3 Towns
* 4.4 Census-designated places
* 4.5 Unincorporated communities
* 4.6 Ghost towns
* 5 Public High Schools
* 6 Law enforcement
* 7 Politics
* 8 See also
* 9 References
* 10 Further reading
* 11 External links

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,271 square miles (3,290 km2), of which 511 square miles (1,320 km2) is land and 760 square miles (2,000 km2) (60%) is water.[5]

### Major highways

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* Interstate 43
* Highway 23 (Wisconsin)
* File:WIS 28.svg Highway 28 (Wisconsin)
* Highway 32 (Wisconsin)
* Highway 42 (Wisconsin)
* Highway 57 (Wisconsin)
* Highway 67 (Wisconsin)
* File:WIS 144.svg Highway 144 (Wisconsin)

### Railroads

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* Union Pacific
* Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

### Buses

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* Shoreline Metro
* List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin

### Airport

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Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (KSBM), serves the county and surrounding communities.

### Adjacent counties

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* Manitowoc County \- north
* Ozaukee County \- south
* Washington County \- southwest
* Fond du Lac County \- west
* Calumet County \- northwest

## Climate

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|  Sheboygan County

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## Demographics

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Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1840| 133| | —
1850| 8,379| | 6,200.0%
1860| 26,875| | 220.7%
1870| 31,749| | 18.1%
1880| 34,206| | 7.7%
1890| 42,489| | 24.2%
1900| 50,345| | 18.5%
1910| 54,888| | 9.0%
1920| 59,913| | 9.2%
1930| 71,235| | 18.9%
1940| 76,221| | 7.0%
1950| 80,631| | 5.8%
1960| 86,484| | 7.3%
1970| 96,660| | 11.8%
1980| 100,935| | 4.4%
1990| 103,877| | 2.9%
2000| 112,646| | 8.4%
2010| 115,507| | 2.5%
2020| 118,034| | 2.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790–1960[8] 1900–1990[9]
1990–2000[10] 2010–2020[2] [11]

As of the census of 2020,[12] the population was 118,034. The population density was 230.7 inhabitants per square mile (89.1/km2). There were 52,303 housing units at an average density of 102.2 per square mile (39.5/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 83.2% White, 5.9% Asian, 2.2% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 2.9% from other races, and 5.4% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 7.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

File:USA Sheboygan County, Wisconsin age pyramid.svg2000 Census Age Pyramid for Sheboygan County

As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 112,646 people, 43,545 households, and 29,915 families residing in the county. The population density was 219 people per square mile (85/km2). There were 45,947 housing units at an average density of 90 per square mile (35/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 92.71% White, 1.09% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 3.28% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.46% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races.

3.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 54.9% were of German, 7.8% Dutch and 5.4% American ancestry. 91.9% spoke English, 3.0% Spanish, 2.5% Hmong and 1.7% German as their first language.

There were 43,545 households, out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were married couples living together, 7.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.50% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.90 males.

In 2017, there were 1,204 births, giving a general fertility rate of 61.3 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 31st lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.[14] Additionally, there were 81 reported induced abortions performed on women of Sheboygan County residence in 2017.[15]

## Communities

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File:SheboyganCountyHistoricalMuseum.jpgSheboygan County Historical Museum File:SheboyganCountyWisconsinFairgrounds.jpgGrandstand at the Sheboygan County fairgrounds

### Cities

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Rank  | Community  | Population  | Year  | Zip Code

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1  | Sheboygan | 49,929  | 1846  | 53081
2  | Plymouth | 8,932  | 1880  | 53073
3  | Sheboygan Falls | 8,210  | 1835  | 53085

### Villages

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* Adell
* Cascade
* Cedar Grove
* Elkhart Lake
* Glenbeulah
* Howards Grove
* Kohler
* Oostburg
* Random Lake
* Waldo

### Towns

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* Greenbush
* Herman
* Holland
* Lima
* Lyndon
* Mitchell
* Mosel
* Plymouth
* Rhine
* Russell
* Scott
* Sheboygan
* Sheboygan Falls
* Sherman
* Wilson

### Census-designated places

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* Gibbsville
* Greenbush
* Hingham

### Unincorporated communities

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* Ada
* Batavia
* Beechwood
* Cranberry Marsh
* Dacada
* Edwards
* Franklin
* German Corners
* Gooseville
* Haven
* Hayen
* Hulls Crossing
* Idlewood Beach
* Johnsonville
* Mosel
* New Paris
* Ourtown
* Parnell
* Rhine Center
* St. Anna (partial)
* Silver Creek
* Weedens
* Winooski

### Ghost towns

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* Kennedys Corners

## Public High Schools

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* Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah High School
* Étude High School
* Howards Grove High School
* Kohler High School
* North High School (Sheboygan)
* Oostburg High School
* Plymouth Comprehensive High School
* Random Lake High School
* Sheboygan Falls High School
* Sheboygan South High School

## Law enforcement

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Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office

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Agency overview
Formed| 1846
Employees| 180
Annual budget| $17 million
Jurisdictional structure
General nature|

* Local civilian police

Operational structure
Headquarters| 525 North 6th Street
Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081
United States
Sworn members| 73
Sheriff responsible|

* Cory Roeseler

Facilities
Stations| 1
Patrol Boats| 2
Patrol Dogs| 3
Website
www.sheboygansheriff.com

The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office was established in 1846, with T.C. Horner the first Sheriff elected. The Sheriff's Office was once located inside the David Taylor House,[16] which still stands today in the same location as a part of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum. The jail was located in the basement of the David Taylor House from 1915 to 1936 while the Sheriff's Office was located on the first floor and the Sheriff's residence on the second floor. In 1936, the Sheriff's Office and county jail moved to the top floor of the Sheboygan County Courthouse.[citation needed]

In 1981, the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office relocated to its present location inside the Law Enforcement Center at 525 North 6th Street in Sheboygan. At the time, it was a very contemporary linear facility with modern security systems. The second floor of the Sheriff's Office served as the county jail until 1998 when a 95,000 square foot, 295 bed Detention Center was constructed on the city's south side. It was envisioned the Sheriff's Office and the Sheboygan Police Department would be housed inside the Law Enforcement Center but that never occurred.[citation needed]

An officer died in a motorcycle accident in 2004, the office's only death in the line of duty to date.[17]

In 2012, after years of discussion, the Sheboygan County and City of Sheboygan approved an agreement to combine emergency dispatch at the Law Enforcement Center.[18] Under the proposal, the city will fund remodeling of the new center by providing $2.5 million for the project.[19] The Joint Dispatch Center began operation in 2016.

The current Sheriff is Cory Roeseler, who was elected to his first term in office in 2018.[20]

## Politics

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United States presidential election results for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin[21] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 37,609  | 56.97% | 27,101  | 41.06%  | 1,301  | 1.97%
2016 | 32,514  | 54.40% | 23,000  | 38.48%  | 4,252  | 7.11%
2012 | 34,072  | 54.38% | 27,918  | 44.56%  | 661  | 1.06%
2008 | 30,801  | 49.59% | 30,395  | 48.94%  | 911  | 1.47%
2004 | 34,458  | 55.02% | 27,608  | 44.08%  | 559  | 0.89%
2000 | 29,648  | 53.71% | 23,569  | 42.70%  | 1,984  | 3.59%
1996 | 20,067  | 42.69%  | 22,022  | 46.85% | 4,914  | 10.45%
1992 | 22,526  | 41.29% | 20,568  | 37.70%  | 11,465  | 21.01%
1988 | 23,471  | 49.75% | 23,429  | 49.66%  | 277  | 0.59%
1984 | 26,345  | 55.05% | 21,112  | 44.12%  | 396  | 0.83%
1980 | 23,036  | 47.42% | 20,974  | 43.18%  | 4,565  | 9.40%
1976 | 22,332  | 47.13%  | 24,226  | 51.13% | 825  | 1.74%
1972 | 21,500  | 49.40% | 21,114  | 48.52%  | 905  | 2.08%
1968 | 17,764  | 44.86%  | 20,170  | 50.93% | 1,668  | 4.21%
1964 | 12,968  | 32.88%  | 26,410  | 66.95% | 67  | 0.17%
1960 | 21,676  | 53.89% | 18,425  | 45.81%  | 120  | 0.30%
1956 | 22,077  | 59.91% | 14,540  | 39.46%  | 235  | 0.64%
1952 | 22,084  | 59.00% | 15,136  | 40.44%  | 212  | 0.57%
1948 | 12,459  | 43.05%  | 15,339  | 53.00% | 1,144  | 3.95%
1944 | 15,291  | 49.42% | 15,062  | 48.68%  | 585  | 1.89%
1940 | 15,305  | 48.21%  | 15,800  | 49.77% | 642  | 2.02%
1936 | 8,865  | 31.59%  | 17,415  | 62.06% | 1,783  | 6.35%
1932 | 7,454  | 27.96%  | 18,029  | 67.62% | 1,178  | 4.42%
1928 | 12,640  | 51.17% | 11,439  | 46.31%  | 622  | 2.52%
1924 | 6,974  | 34.56%  | 1,350  | 6.69%  | 11,857  | 58.75%
1920 | 11,994  | 68.95% | 1,895  | 10.89%  | 3,507  | 20.16%
1916 | 5,562  | 52.92% | 3,885  | 36.96%  | 1,063  | 10.11%
1912 | 2,692  | 27.97%  | 3,968  | 41.23% | 2,965  | 30.81%
1908 | 5,948  | 52.40% | 4,405  | 38.81%  | 998  | 8.79%
1904 | 6,121  | 57.18% | 3,430  | 32.04%  | 1,153  | 10.77%
1900 | 5,927  | 53.77% | 4,049  | 36.73%  | 1,047  | 9.50%
1896 | 6,644  | 62.50% | 3,327  | 31.30%  | 660  | 6.21%
1892 | 3,638  | 40.27%  | 5,126  | 56.74% | 270  | 2.99%

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

## References

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1. ^ "Winnebago Took Its Name from an Indian Tribe". The Post-Crescent. December 28, 1963. p. 14. Retrieved August 25, 2014 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
4. ^ "Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies". Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
5. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
9. ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
11. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin". Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
12. ^ "2020 Decennial Census: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
13. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
14. ^ "Annual Wisconsin Birth and Infant Mortality Report, 2017 P-01161-19 (June 2019): Detailed Tables". Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
15. ^ Reported Induced Abortions in Wisconsin, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Section: Trend Information, 2013-2017, Table 18, pages 17-18
16. ^ "'Crime and Punishment' follows the history of law enforcement in Sheboygan County". The Sheboygan Press. August 19, 2010.
17. ^ "The Officer Down Memorial Page". odmp.org. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
18. ^ "Preliminary Approval for Joint Dispatch". WHBL 1330 AM. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
19. ^ "Combined dispatch gets green light". The Plymouth Review. January 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
20. ^ "Sheboygan County Sheriff Cory Roeseler running for reelection". WKTS. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
21. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

## Further reading

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* Buchen, Gustave W. Historic Sheboygan County. Sheboygan, Wis., 1944.
* Hildebrand, Janice. Sheboygan County, 150 Years of Progress: An Illustrated History. Northridge, Calif: Windsor Publications, 1988.
* Portrait and Biographical Record of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Excelsior Publishing Company, 1894.
* Zillier, Carl. History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin: Past and Present. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.

## External links

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* Official website
* Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce

Places adjacent to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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Municipalities and communities of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Sheboygan

Cities|

* Plymouth
* Sheboygan
* Sheboygan Falls

File:Map of Wisconsin highlighting Sheboygan County.svg

Villages|

* Adell
* Cascade
* Cedar Grove
* Elkhart Lake
* Glenbeulah
* Howards Grove
* Kohler
* Oostburg
* Random Lake
* Waldo

Towns|

* Greenbush
* Herman
* Holland
* Lima
* Lyndon
* Mitchell
* Mosel
* Plymouth
* Rhine
* Russell
* Scott
* Sheboygan
* Sheboygan Falls
* Sherman
* Wilson

CDPs|

* Batavia
* Gibbsville
* Greenbush
* Hingham

Other
communities|

* Ada
* Beechwood
* Cranberry Marsh
* Dacada‡
* Edwards
* Franklin
* German Corners
* Gooseville
* Haven
* Hayen
* Hulls Crossing
* Idlewood Beach
* Johnsonville
* Mosel
* New Paris
* Ourtown
* Parnell
* Rhine Center
* St. Anna‡
* Silver Creek
* Weedens

Former
communities|

* Kennedys Corners
* Winooski

Footnotes|

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

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