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Haven is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in the town of Mosel in
Sheboygan County Sheboygan County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named after the Sheboygan River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,034. Its county seat is Sheboygan. The county was created in 1836 and organized in 1846. At th ...
,
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, United States. The community is located east of
I-43 Interstate 43 (I-43) is a Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Wisconsin, connecting I-39/ I-90 in Beloit with Milwaukee and I-41, U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and US 141 in Green Bay. State Trunk Highwa ...
between Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Cleveland, Wisconsin.


History

A military camp called
Camp Haven Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...
was named after the community. It was located in Haven on of rented land. The camp operated from 1949 until November 16, 1959. as an
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testing range. The land was sold to
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for a planned
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called
Haven Nuclear Power Plant The Haven Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant in Haven, Wisconsin north of Sheboygan at the site of closed military camp called Camp Haven. The power plant was proposed in the 1970s by Wisconsin Electric, but was never buil ...
. After plans never materialized, the Whistling Straits golf resort was built on the site, which hosted the
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in
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.Haven, Wisconsin
, Retrieved October 20, 2007


References

Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin {{SheboyganCountyWI-geo-stub