Sobieski, Wisconsin is an
unincorporated census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Oconto County in northeastern
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. It is located within the
Town of Little Suamico. As of the
2020 census, its population was 275, up from 259 at the
2010 census.
It is part of the
Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Little Suamico Town Hall is located in Sobieski, just east of the
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its main line runs from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also own ...
.
Sobieski is located along County Trunk Highway S and Cross Road. Sandalwood Road and Krause Road also enter the community. The Little Suamico River flows just south of the St. Maximilian parish cemetery. County S intersects with
U.S. Route 141 about a half-mile east of Sobieski. The town did have an operating post office from
1894 to 1976, when it was discontinued. The town was named in honor of King
John Sobieski
John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...
of Poland. The Polish immigrants who settled here bought large amounts of land for farming. The land was originally owned by a logging baron who opened the first land office in 1895.
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Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Green Bay metropolitan area
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