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
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.

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