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Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
64historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
118,034pop. 2020
67cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 64 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Sheboygan, Plymouth, Elkhart Lake.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

45 of 64 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

64 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
ABIAH (schooner) ShipwreckHavenSite2022
ADVANCE (schooner) ShipwreckHollandSite2023
ATLANTA (steam screw) ShipwreckCedar GroveSite2017
American ClubKohlerBuilding1978
Badger State Tanning CompanySheboyganBuilding2018
Balzer, John, Wagon Works ComplexSheboyganBuilding1993
Blackstock, Thomas M. and Bridget, HouseSheboyganBuilding1995
Byron (schooner) ShipwreckOostburgSite2009
Cole Historic DistrictSheboygan FallsDistrict1988
Downtown Churches Historic DistrictSheboyganDistrict2010
Downtown Historic DistrictSheboygan FallsDistrict1984
Downtown Plymouth Historic DistrictPlymouthDistrict2016
Elkhart Lake Road Race CircuitsElkhart LakeStructure2006
Foeste, Henry Store, BuildingSheboyganBuilding1995
Franklin Feed MillFranklinBuilding1985
Friendship HouseSheboyganBuilding1974
Garton Toy CompanySheboyganBuilding2000
Glenbeulah Mill/Grist MillGlenbeulahBuilding1984
Gooseville Mill/Grist MillAdellBuilding1984
HETTY TAYLOR (shipwreck)SheboyganSite2005
Hotel LaackPlymouthBuilding1985
Huson, Henry H., House and Water TowerPlymouthBuilding1980
I.A. JOHNSON Shipwreck (Scow Schooner)MoselSite2019
Imig, Henry and Charles, BlockSheboyganBuilding1998
Jung Carriage FactorySheboyganBuilding1974
Jung Shoe Manufacturing Company FactorySheboyganBuilding1992
Kletzien Mound Group (47-SB-61)SheboyganSite1981
Kohler Company Factory ComplexKohlerBuilding2001
Kohler, John Michael, HouseSheboyganBuilding1982
Lueder, Rudolph, 13 Sided BarnPlymouthBuilding2016
MOJAVE Shipwreck (Barkentine)Town of MoselSite2024
MONTGOMERY shipwreck (schooner)MoselSite2019
Mission House Historic DistrictTown HermanDistrict1984
Onion River Flouring Mill/Grist MillWaldoBuilding1984
Plymouth Post OfficePlymouthBuilding2000
Prange, Eliza, HouseSheboyganBuilding2015
ROBERT C. PRINGLE (tug) ShipwreckWilsonSite2020
Rietz, Charles T. and Gertrude, HouseSilver CreekBuilding2018
RiverbendKohlerBuilding1980
Robinson, Charles, HouseGreenbushBuilding1984
Robinson-Herrling SawmillGreenbushSite1984
Roth, Henry and Henriette, HouseSheboyganBuilding1993
S and R Cheese CompanyPlymouthBuilding2017
SELAH CHAMBERLAIN (bulk carrier) ShipwreckSheboyganSite2019
SILVER LAKE (scow-schooner) ShipwreckMoselSite2013
Sheboygan County CourthouseSheboyganBuilding1982
Sheboygan Falls SchoolSheboygan FallsBuilding2021
Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and ArmorySheboyganBuilding2019
Sheboygan Post OfficeSheboyganBuilding2000
Sheboygan Press, TheSheboyganBuilding2020
Sheboygan TheaterSheboyganBuilding1999
Sheboygan Valley Land and Lime CompanyTown of RhineBuilding2016
Siebken's ResortElkhart LakeDistrict2020
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchAdellBuilding1983
Taylor, David, HouseSheboyganBuilding1976
Third Ward SchoolSheboyganBuilding1981
Thomas, I. C., Drug StoreSheboyganBuilding1974
Villa LaunElkhart LakeBuilding1982
Villa Von BaumbachElkhart LakeBuilding1982
WALTER B. ALLEN (canaller) ShipwreckMoselSite2011
Wade, Sylvanus, HouseGreenbushBuilding1971
Washington Elementary SchoolSheboyganBuilding2017
WindwaySheboyganBuilding1988
Wolff-Jung Company Shoe FactorySheboyganBuilding1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sheboygan was formed in 1836 (1836-12-07) from Brown.

SHEBOYGAN created by Wisconsin Territory from BROWN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sheboygan County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

118k59k1331840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
13326,87534,20650,34559,91376,22180,63186,484100,935112,646118,034

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

67 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 67 of 67 listed
NameLatLon
Beechwood Cemetery43.60131-88.12002
Blessed Trinity Parish Cemetery43.67761-87.86746
Calvary Cemetery43.77542-87.71449
Cedar Grove Cemetery43.56986-87.82365
Concord Cemetery43.79128-87.82964
Elkhart Lake Cemetery43.83336-87.9958
Emmanuel Cemetery43.61595-87.95885
Evergreen Cemetery43.70408-87.93609
Farmin Cemetery43.70359-87.88043
Flader Cemetery43.65475-87.75917
Gibbsville Cemetery43.63703-87.83034
Greenbush Cemetery43.77227-88.0751
Greendale Cemetery43.74508-87.75847
Hingham Cemetery43.63507-87.91549
Holy Cross Cemetery43.71189-87.71924
Immaculate Conception Cemetery43.70128-87.71635
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery43.57052-88.12003
Jansen Cemetery43.65289-87.87161
Kohler Cemetery43.74138-87.79175
Liberty Cemetery43.83347-87.93162
Lyndon Cemetery43.64588-87.94032
Maple Grove Cemetery43.78497-87.96328
Miller Cemetery43.82522-87.98223
Moening Mueller Cemetery43.64291-87.75865
Mount Pleasant Cemetery43.66009-88.04052
Oostburg Cemetery43.58721-87.79887
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery43.61354-88.02107
Saint Fridolin Cemetery43.77561-88.07173
Saint George Catholic Cemetery43.67011-87.79894
Saint George Cemetery43.84811-87.98171
Saint John Cemetery43.75755-87.98009
Saint John Cemetery43.8775-87.90623
Saint Johns Cemetery43.58725-87.96654
Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery43.88456-87.86298
Saint Lucas Cemetery43.76499-87.81858
Saint Mary's Cemetery43.71961-87.82389
Saint Marys Cemetery43.55776-87.98539
Saint Michael's Cemetery43.67102-88.1104
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery43.61767-87.93053
Saint Paul Friedhof Cemetery43.80452-87.82349
Saint Paul's Cemetery43.66482-88.01408
Saint Paul's Cemetery43.86421-87.78092
Saint Paul's Christian Cemetery43.86228-88.0534
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery43.57638-87.93953
Saint Peter Cemetery43.84903-87.75832
Saint Peter Evangelical Cemetery43.84877-87.96591
Saint Stephens Lutheran Cemetery43.60034-88.04699
Saron Cemetery43.79214-87.88839
Scott Union Cemetery43.55663-88.09132
Sheboygan Falls Cemetery43.73888-87.79175
Sheboygan Hebrew Cemetery43.75163-87.77936
Trinity Cemetery43.64906-88.14388
Trinity Cemetery43.85869-88.00163
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery43.84745-87.83408
Union Cemetery43.60815-87.82642
Union Cemetery43.63036-88.02036
Union Cemetery43.75107-87.9757
Waldo Cemetery43.68059-87.9394
Walnut Grove Cemetery43.79117-88.04767
Warden Cemetery43.60125-88.14458
West Greenbush Cemetery43.79677-88.13484
Wildwood Cemetery43.75092-87.73551
Winfield Cemetery43.60039-88.07555
Winooski Cemetery43.70316-87.99816
Woodlawn Cemetery43.75945-88.00022
Zion United Methodist Cemetery43.60025-88.04764
Zoar Salem Cemetery43.81246-87.94128
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Kennedys Corners43.67456-87.87037

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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