Door County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1861 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Brown

Namesake: The Door Peninsula
Seat: Sturgeon Bay (1861–)

Land area: 482 square miles

Population (2020): 30,066

Population (historic): 2,948 (1860); 11,645 (1880); 17,583 (1900); 18,182 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930–1950; 1970–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: One city; four villages; three CDPs; 14 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,197 (17%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,811
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,938
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,396
Average farm size (1920): 62.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, and New York
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Sturgeon Bay

Namesake: Sturgeon Bay

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (post office); 1874 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,646

Population (historic): 1,199 (1880); 3,372 (1900); 4,983 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1960; 1970–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 834 (16.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Francis Catholic Church (1909). 9617 Cemetery Road. Brussels. Gothic Revival.
2. Joachim Falque Farm (c. 1880). 1059 Road C. Brussels.
3. St. Mary Catholic Church (1901). 7491 Road H. Forestville. Gothic Revival.
4. Jean Baudhuin Farm (c. 1880). 1271 Road DK. Union.

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