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Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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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 ...