Sheboygan is a town in Sheboygan County,

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, known as the Town of Sheboygan to differentiate from the county and city of Sheboygan. The population was 8,136 according to the 2020 Census. It is included in the Sheboygan,

Metropolitan Statistical Area. This separate municipality is located north and west of the city of Sheboygan, with varying boundaries along the city and village lines of Sheboygan and Kohler, including

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s of homes connected to the town by inches-long lines of property. The town of Sheboygan has at various times started to take action to acquire village status in order to fend off

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attempts by the city, but efforts have been unsuccessful thus far.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 11.0 square miles (28.6 km²), of which, 11.0 square miles (28.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.36%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 5,874 people, 2,148 households, and 1,724 families residing in the town. The

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was 534.5 people per square mile (206.4/km²). There were 2,245 housing units at an average density of 204.3 per square mile (78.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.12%

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, 0.12%

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, 0.15% Native American, 2.47% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. 1.16% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 2,148 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were

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living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.07. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $60,846, and the median income for a family was $64,422. Males had a median income of $43,400 versus $27,124 for females. The

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for the town was $25,492. About 0.8% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the

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, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The Town of Sheboygan is served by an elected 5-member town board, a chairman and four town supervisors. The town operates two Sanitary Districts. The town also employs a

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department for maintenance of town roads. The Town of Sheboygan Volunteer Fire Department provides fire suppression operating out of a fire station on the town's west side while Orange Cross Ambulance provides

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. Law enforcement services are provided by the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office. Part-time Code Enforcement Officers are employed to address parking and ordinance concerns.

Education

The Sheboygan Area School District operates Lincoln-Erdman Elementary School and Lake Country Academy within the Town of Sheboygan.

Economy and growth

Although

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announced the building of a 137,000 square-foot store in 2014 on the former site of an older Menards store, after years of delays, Town of Sheboygan officials confirmed that the construction would not be moving forward, though Walmart continues to own the vacant land as of 2022. The Sheboygan Senior Community built a new facility on County Road Y and relocated from downtown Sheboygan in late 2015. The town moved its town hall in December 2020 from its former cramped building at North 40th Street and Superior Avenue to an existing building in the Erdman area, as it became clear during the

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that it could not operate meetings or elections out of it to allow

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, and to address longstanding accessibility concerns.

References

External links

Town of Sheboygan
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