Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1846 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Brown
Namesake: The Sheboygan River
Seat: Sheboygan (1846–)
Land area: 511 square miles
Population (2020): 118,034
Population (historic): 8,379 (1850); 31,749 (1870); 42,489 (1890); 54,888 (1910); 71,235 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; ten villages; three CDPs; 15 towns
National Register listings: 62
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,022 (27.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.31%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,723
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,811

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,664
Average farm size (1920): 61.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, Holland, and Ireland
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Sheboygan

 
Namesake: The Sheboygan River
Founding: 1836 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 49,929
Population (historic): 4,262 (1860); 7,314 (1880); 22,962 (1900); 39,251 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1970; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,354 (33.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Phillip Miller Farm (c. 1875). 6781 Road A. Greenbush. Italianate.
2. *Immanuel Reformed Church (1911). 3694 Road FF. Herman. Gothic Revival.
3. *Mathias Sprangers House (1866). 619 North Sauk Trail Road. Holland. Greek Revival.
4. *Joseph Pfeiffer House (c. 1860). 5116 Garton Road. Rhine.
5. *David Taylor House (1852). 3110 Erie Avenue. Sheboygan. Italianate.
6. *St. Patrick Catholic Church (1877). 4690 Road A. Sherman. Gothic Revival.