Sheboygan () is a city in and the

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of Sheboygan County,

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. The population was 49,929 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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, which has a population of 118,034. The city is located on the western shore of

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at the mouth of the

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, about north of

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and south of Green Bay.

History

Before its

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by European Americans, the Sheboygan area was home to Native Americans, including members of the

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, Chippewa,

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, Winnebago, and Menominee tribes. In the Menominee language, the place is known as ''Sāpīwǣhekaneh,'' "at a hearing distance in the woods". The Menominee ceded this land to the United States in the 1831 Treaty of Washington. Following the treaty, the land became available for sale to American settlers. Migrants from

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, and

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were among the first white Americans to settle this area in the 1830s, though the French had been present in the region since the 17th century and had intermarried with local people. One 19th century

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remarked: "Nearly all the settlers were from the New England states and New York." Lumbering was the first major industry, as trees were harvested and shipped to eastern markets through the

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. Although Sheboygan was officially incorporated in 1846, much of the town had been

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in 1836, when property investors laid out more than one thousand lots. By 1849, a wave of liberal,

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immigration triggered by the

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had made the community known for its

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population. As Major William Williams wrote on June 26, 1849: "Arrived at Sheboigin on the Wisconsin side, a small town, population purhaps from 700 to 1000. This is a promising place. There are a great many best class of Germans settling around it. 'Tis all along this Lake so far quite an interesting country." Between 1840 and 1890,

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Dutch immigrants also settled in the area, as did Irish refugees fleeing the Great Famine. A neighborhood in northwestern Sheboygan (between Martin Avenue and Alexander Court) was settled by

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immigrants and acquired the name '' Laibach''; it was also known as ''Vollrath's Division''. In 1887, Sheboygan adopted a sundown town ordinance banning African Americans from living there, according to a local

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member's account in 1963, though city leaders denied that any such ordinance was in effect. In the spring of 1898, Sheboygan elected Fred C. Haack and August L. Mohr as

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, making them the first two

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candidates to be elected to public office in the United States. Haack had originally been elected in 1897 as a member of the Populist Party but joined the Social Democrats after they organized locally. Haack served as alderman for sixteen years before moving to

and being elected as a Socialist alderman there. At the 1932

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convention, Haack received recognition as the first Socialist officeholder in America. In the early 20th century, many Orthodox Greeks, Catholic Slavs and Lithuanians immigrated to Sheboygan. In the late 20th century, Hmong refugees from

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and

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settled there.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. It is located at latitude 43°45' north, longitude 87°44' west.

Climate

Sheboygan has a warm-summer

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typical of Wisconsin. In spite of its position on

there are vast temperature differences between seasons, although it is somewhat moderated compared with areas farther inland.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, the population was 49,929. The

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was . There were 22,605 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 72.3%

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, 11.1% Asian, 3.3%

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, 0.6% Native American, 4.8% from other races, and 7.9% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 12.5%

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or Latino of any race and 68.9%

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2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 49,288 people, 20,308 households, and 12,219 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 22,339 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 82.5%

, 1.8%

, 0.5% Native American, 9.0% Asian, 3.6% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 9.9% of the population. There were 20,308 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.8% were non-families. Of all households 33.4% were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.06. The median age in the city was 36.2 years. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.2% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

Hmong community

In 1976, the first three Hmong families settled in Sheboygan with the help of local refugee agencies such as the Grace Episcopal Church and Trinity Lutheran Church. They were refugees from Laos. By 1990, the city had 2,000 residents of Hmong descent. By December 1999, there were around 5,000 Hmong and Hmong American residents in Sheboygan, 65% of whom were under the age of 18.Kaiser, Robert L.
After 25 Years In U.S., Hmong Still Feel Isolated
, ''

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'', December 27, 1999. Retrieved April 14, 2012. In 2006, the

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was installed in the lakefront Deland Park to honor Hmong military and civilian contributions to the Secret War in

(particularly from 1961–1975). The 2010 U.S. Census showed the number of Hmong citizens to be around 4,100 people, putting it fourth in Wisconsin for Hmong populations.

Arts and culture

Bratwurst Days

Sheboygan County is well known for its bratwurst. The Sheboygan

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s sponsor Bratwurst Days, an annual fund-raising festival that includes the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship.

Space

Sheboygan was the site of a proposed new spaceport called Spaceport Sheboygan.

Music

* The Chordettes, 1950s female group * Morbid Saint, thrash metal band

Points of interest

* Above & Beyond Children's Museum * Blue Harbor Resort * Bookworm Gardens * Ellwood H. May Environmental Park * John Michael Kohler Arts Center *Quarry Beach King Park Sheyboygan Wisconsin

* Mead Public Library *

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(defunct) * Sheboygan County Historical Museum *

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* Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory (demolished) * Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts In April 1894, the schooner ''Lottie Cooper'' wrecked just off Sheboygan in a gale. The wreckage was found buried in the harbor during the construction of the Harbor Centre Marina and is now on display in Deland Park, on Sheboygan's lakefront. The free display is the only one of its kind on the

Parks and recreation

Trails

The city has a trail along the Highway 23 corridor leading to the Old Plank Road Trail to the west of Sheboygan that uses dedicated paths and bike lanes, along with a lakefront trail between Pennsylvania and Park avenues along Broughton Drive. Several

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s are marked in the city using existing streets and roads to demarcate separate bike lanes. A 2013 project created a north-south trail using the former

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right-of-way known as the "Shoreline 400" between Pennsylvania and North avenues, with future expansion to the south planned. A 2016 project added a trail along the Taylor Drive corridor, and improvements to the south to allow an eventual connection to the

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are proposed for a future date.

Surfing

Sheboygan is a notable surfing destination, and has been called "The Malibu of the Midwest.” Sheboygan is considered to be one of the best places to surf in the

region" Sheboygan hosted the annual Dairyland Surf Classic from 1988 to 2012, the largest lake surfing competition in the world. Sheboygan's surfing culture was discussed in the 2003 surfing documentary, '' Step into Liquid''.

Government

Local government

Sheboygan has a Mayor–Council form of government. The full-time mayor is elected by general election for a term of four years, with no term limits and to an officially

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position. The Common Council consists of ten alderpersons representing the city's ten aldermanic districts with a council president and vice-president presiding over them. A City Administrator oversees the day-to-day administration of the city and is appointed by the Common Council. Sheboygan's 1916-built City Hall was remodeled throughout 2018 and into 2019, being re-dedicated on September 3, 2019 with a new north frontage becoming the building's new main entrance and making the building's vintage three-story staircase its most prominent feature within a new atrium. The Sheboygan Police Department is the law enforcement agency in the city. Civil and criminal law cases are heard in the Sheboygan County Circuit Court, with municipal citations for Sheboygan and Kohler handled through the city's municipal court within the police headquarters building. The Sheboygan Fire Department provides fire suppression and emergency medical services, operating out of five fire stations throughout the city.

State and federal representation

Sheboygan is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly as part of both the 26th ( Terry Katsma, R– Oostburg) and 27th (

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, R–

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) districts, whose boundaries split the city along Geele Avenue from the west until North 18th Street, then Superior Avenue from North 18th Street to Lake Michigan. The city is also represented in the State Senate as part of the 9th district ( Devin LeMahieu, R–Oostburg). Sheboygan is in the 6th congressional district of Wisconsin, which is represented by Republican congressperson

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Education

Sheboygan public schools are administered by the Sheboygan Area School District.

High schools

High schools within the city include: * Sheboygan North High School *

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* Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School *

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* George D. Warriner High School * Sheboygan Christian School * Étude High School * Sheboygan Central High School The school district was the first in Wisconsin to operate an FM radio station, WSHS (91.7). Since 1996, Sheboygan has had a high school program, Rockets for Schools, where students build and launch rockets.

Colleges

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Sheboygan Campus *

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(satellite campus)

Media

The city's daily newspaper is

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station WBFM (93.7); CHR/Top 40 WXER (104.5 from Plymouth, with a translator at 96.1 FM in Sheboygan); and

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Sheboygan Falls-licensed WHBZ (106.5). Another CHR station, WCLB (950, translated on 107.3) also serves the city, along with the Sheboygan Area School District's WSHS (91.7), a member of the

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Ideas Network, and Plymouth's WGXI (1420, translated on 98.5), a

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station. Various

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stations originating from Milwaukee and north of Green Bay and a translator for Kiel's WSTM (91.3), and

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station WWG91 broadcast from several towers in the city. WYVM acts as a full-power relay of Suring's WRVN (102.7), which has a religious teaching format. The city is served by

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and U-verse, with public-access television

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programming provided to both systems from "WSCS", and "SASD-TV" features school board meetings, with both channels featuring meetings and other content through their websites and

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. The city at one time had a television station, WPVS-LP, which went off the air following the

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and has since moved to Milwaukee; WHBL also attempted to establish a television sister station several times, without success.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Roads

Interstate 43 is the primary north-south transportation route into Sheboygan, and forms the west boundary of the city.

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was the primary north-south route into Sheboygan before Interstate 43 was built, and its former route is a major north-south route through the center of the city that is referred to as Calumet Drive coming into the city from the north, and South Business Drive/Sauk Trail Road from the south; between Superior and Georgia Avenues, the highway is known as 14th Street. Four-lane Highway 23 is the primary west route into the city, and leads into the city up to North 25th Street as a freeway. Other state highways in the city include Highway 42, Highway 28, which both run mostly along the former inner-city routing of U.S. 141. Secondary county highways include County Trunk Highway DL (CTH-DL) and the decommissioned CTH-LS to the north; CTH-J, CTH-O, CTH-PP, and CTH-EE to the west; and CTH-KK to the south. For

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purposes, the city's north-south zero point is Pennsylvania Avenue (increasing from 500 past that line in both directions), while west addressing zeroes out at the extreme eastern point of Superior Avenue at Lake Michigan (Sheboygan and Sheboygan County have no east addresses, and the little land existing northeast of that point stretches out the six '100 blocks' northward with xx50-xx90 numbers not otherwise used in most other addresses in Sheboygan).

Public transit

Shoreline Metro provides public bus transit throughout the city, as well as in Kohler and Sheboygan Falls. All routes depart from the Metro Center, more commonly known as the "Transfer Point" located in the downtown. Jefferson Lines and

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serve Sheboygan at the Metro Center, providing transportation to

(and an Amtrak Thruway connection to the Milwaukee Intermodal Station) and Green Bay.

Rail

Historically the city was connected to Milwaukee, Chicago and Green Bay via the Milwaukee Interurban Lines, the

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and the

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. These railroads' passenger services were abandoned during the mid-20th century but in 2008 the Wisconsin Department of Transportation proposed to reestablish passenger service to Milwaukee and Green Bay via Fond du Lac and the cities along Lake Winnebago's west shore, though political complications in the 2010s have since mothballed rail expansion in Wisconsin.

Airport

Sheboygan is served by the county-owned non-commercial

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(KSBM) three miles northwest of the city.

Water

Sheboygan is bounded on the east by

. The city has no active port in the 21st century. Blue Harbor Resort is located on a

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between the lake and the Sheboygan River's last bend. This site was formerly used as the headquarters of the C. Reiss Coal Company (now a Koch Industries division). It was their base of operations for ships to load and unload

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for delivery along the peninsula. The

passes through the city, but dams in Sheboygan Falls prevent navigation upriver. Tall-masted boats are confined to the river downstream of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge. Commercial charter fishing boats dock near the mouth of the river.

Hospitals

* Aurora Medical Center-Sheboygan County * St. Nicholas Hospital In July 2022, Aurora Health Care opened a modern replacement for Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center on Union Avenue east of I-43 on Kohler village land north of the

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campus otherwise inaccessible from Kohler proper itself without going through Sheboygan.

Notable people

* Peter Bartzen, Wisconsin State Representative * James Baumgart, Wisconsin state senator * Theodore Benfey, Wisconsin state senator * Thomas M. Blackstock, politician and businessman * Archie Bleyer, music director * Helen Boatwright, opera singer and

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* Vernon R. Boeckmann, Wisconsin State Representative and sheriff * Ray Buivid,

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player * Charles Burhop, politician * Elijah Fox Cook, Wisconsin state senator * The Chordettes, singing quartet * Valentine Detling, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman * Sam Dekker, professional basketball player * Ambrose Delos DeLand, Wisconsin legislator * Fred A. Dennett, Wisconsin state senator * John M. Detling, Wisconsin State Representative * Theodore Dieckmann, Wisconsin legislator *

John Dittrich John Francis Dittrich (May 7, 1933 – July 5, 1995) was a player in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for the Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, and the Buffalo Bills as a guard. He played ...

, NFL player * Jerry Donohue, major contributor toward DNA identification *

Bill Dwyre Bill Dwyre (born April 7, 1944, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is a sportswriter and former newspaper sports editor. Notable for his long tenure as sports editor of the '' Los Angeles Times'' beginning in June 1981, he moved to the writing ranks full-t ...

, editor and columnist, ''

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'' * John W. Eber, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Simon Gillen, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist * Bernard O. Gruenke, artist * Fred C. Haack, one of two first Socialist candidates (with August Mohr) elected to office in America * Lorenzo D. Harvey, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin * Timothy Hasenstein, painter *

Joe Hauser Joseph John Hauser (January 21, 1899 – July 11, 1997), nicknamed "Unser Choe", was an American professional baseball player who was a first baseman in the major leagues from 1922 to 1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians. H ...

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player * Herman Heinecke, Wisconsin state assembly * Henry A. Hillemann, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer * Harrison Carroll Hobart,

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general * William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative * Curt W. Janke, Wisconsin State Representative * Marvin John Jensen, U.S. Navy admiral * John H. Jones, Wisconsin state senator * Jacob Jung, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman * William G. Kaufmann, politician and businessman * Edward J. Kempf, Wisconsin State Representative * Ernest Keppler, politician and jurist * John J. Koepsell, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman * John Michael Kohler, industrialist, founder of Kohler Company and mayor of Sheboygan *

Terry Jodok Kohler Terry Kohler (May 14, 1934 – September 20, 2016) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and an American businessman, Wisconsin Republican Party leader, sportsman, philanthropist, and conservationist. Early life Terry Kohler was born ...

, industrialist * Walter J. Kohler, Jr.,

Governor of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's army and air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Wiscon ...

* Walter J. Kohler, Sr., Governor of Wisconsin * Conrad Krez, Union Army general, Wisconsin State Representative * Frederick W. Krez, Wisconsin State Representative *

Eloise Kummer Margery Eloise Kummer (June 17, 1916 - August 24, 2008) was an American radio and television actress. Early years Kummer was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kummer. After graduating in 1933 from Sheboygan High ...

, actress *

Imogen LaChance Imogen LaChance (, Hanscom; November 22, 1853 – August 1938) was an American social reformer active in the temperance movement for 60 years. She served as president of the Arizona State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). She was also ...

, social reformer * Wesley Lau, actor * Joe Leibham, lobbyist and former Wisconsin State Senator *

Debbie Lesko Debra Kay Lesko (née Lorenz; born November 14, 1958) is an American politician and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing since 2018. The district is in the West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area ...

, U.S. Representative from

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* Frank J. Lingelbach, Wisconsin State Representative * Rick Majerus, NCAA and NBA basketball coach * Anthony Martin,

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Jackie Mason Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; yi, יעקב משה מזא; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. His 1986 one-man show ''The World According to Me!'' won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Ci ...

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and actor * Pat Matzdorf, high jump world record holder * Don McNeill, radio host of "

The Breakfast Club ''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The ...

" * Doxie Moore, former NBA head coach for the Sheboygan Red Skins * Charles E. Morris, Wisconsin State Representative * Martha Nause, golfer * Otto C. Neumeister, Wisconsin State Representative * Fred E. Nuernberg, Wisconsin State Representative * William J. Nuss, Wisconsin State Representative * Carl Otte, Wisconsin legislator * Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, father of Stephen Paddock, perpetrator of the

2017 Las Vegas shooting On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in . From his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel, he fired m ...

* Dennis T. Phalen, Wisconsin state senator *

Roy Pirrung Roy Pirrung (born July 7, 1948) is an American ultramarathoner, middle and long-distance runner, Early life Roy Pirrung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on July 7, 1948. He graduated from Sheboygan South High School in 1966, served in the U. ...

, marathon runner and motivational speaker * Cora Scott Pond Pope, teacher, scriptwriter, real estate developer *

Calvin Potter Calvin Potter is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Potter was born on November 3, 1945 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He graduated from Sheboygan North High School and attended the University o ...

, Wisconsin state senator * Valentine P. Rath, Wisconsin State Representative * Henry Otto Reinnoldt, Wisconsin State Representative * Wilbur M. Root, Wisconsin State Representative * George Sauer, Jr., NFL player * John Schneider, Jr., Wisconsin State Representative * Bill Schroeder, football player (wide receiver) * Bill Schroeder, professional football player (halfback) * Carl Schuette, NFL player * David N. Senty, U.S. Air Force Major General * James McMillan Shafter, jurist and legislator * E. E. Smith, science fiction author * Horatio N. Smith, Wisconsin state senator * Ernest A. Sonnemann, Wisconsin State Representative * Adolphus Frederic St. Sure, judge * David Taylor, judge *

Joseph M. Theisen Joseph M. Theisen (February 24, 1877 – December 29, 1946) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Theisen went to Sheboygan Business College. Theisen did office work and worked as an accountant for various b ...

, Wisconsin State Representative * Michelle Tuzee, ABC news anchor, Los Angeles *

Edward Voigt Edward Voigt (December 1, 1873 – August 26, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin who represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Early life Voigt was born in Bremen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his par ...

, U.S. Representative * Jacob Vollrath, industrialist * Joseph Wedig, Wisconsin State Representative * Gustavis A. Willard, Wisconsin State Representative * William Te Winkle, Wisconsin state senator * George W. Wolff, Wisconsin State Representative and senator * Helen Sumner Woodbury Economist, academic, historian and public official * Joshua Zickert Professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, stuntman * Carl Zillier, Wisconsin State Representative

In popular culture

* ''

The Creature That Ate Sheboygan ''The Creature That Ate Sheboygan'' is a science fiction board game released in 1979 by Simulations Publications (SPI). The game received good reviews and won an industry award. Gameplay ''The Creature That Ate Sheboygan'', designed by Greg Cos ...

'' is a science fiction board game released in 1979 by Simulations Publications.

Sister cities

Sheboygan's sister cities are: * Esslingen am Neckar,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, Germany * Tsubame, Niigata, Japan Sheboygan has student exchanges with Esslingen and has had student exchanges with Tsubame in the past.

References

External links

City of Sheboygan

Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce
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