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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Sheboygan ...