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TOWNSHIPS
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Adell
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Cascade
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Cedar Grove
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Elkhart Lake
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Glenbeulah
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Greenbush
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Herman
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Holland
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Howards Grove
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Kohler
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Lima
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Lyndon
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Mitchell
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Mosel
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Oostburg
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Plymouth
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Random Lake
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Rhine
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Russell
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Scott
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Sheboygan
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Sheboygan Falls
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Sherman
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Waldo
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Wilson
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Cities
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Plymouth
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Sheboygan
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Sheboygan Falls
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This county is situated on the
shore of Lake Michigan. It contains fourteen townships, and parts of townships of two. Of this about seventy per
cent was originally covered with heavy timber, nearly half of which has been cut off; twenty-four per cent openings
and five per cent marsh. In the eastern part of the county, along the Sheboygan and Onion rivers, the timber is
pine and hard wood; on the low lands, elm, basswood, ash, etc; but in other portions it is hard wood, in which
oak, maple, beech and ash predominate. There are occasional swamps of tamarack and cedar. Along the streams in
the eastern part the surface is rather broken, but becomes gently rolling as it retires from them. In the western
part is a range of hills and hollows known as "The Kettles" where the soil is gravel or sandy loam. On
this gravelly soil of the Kettles and on the clay soil of the heavy timber regions an excellent quality of wheat
is raised. All kinds of farm crops are extensively raised, so that a large surplus is sent to eastern and southern
markets. Hay is largely an article of export, thousands of tons being shipped annually to the lumber regions. The
dairy and stock raising are becoming the leading business with many farmers, and will eventually be the most important
branch of agricultural industry in the county. The native and cultivated grasses flourish and furnish the best
of food for dairy purposes. Butter and cheese is extensively shipped to eastern markets. There are over twenty
cheese factories in successful operation, and this branch of business is yearly extending. Of late years an extensive
business has been done in raising peas for the St. Louis and Philadelphia markets. If cut at the right time and
properly cured, they retain their green color and are canned and sold as green peas. For this purpose they bring
double the price of ordinary peas. The acreage of crops for 1875 was, of wheat, 41,377 acres; of oats, 15,297;
of corn, 7,539; of barley, 4,177; of rye, 1,061; of hops, 60; total, 72,511 acres. The value of the agricultural
products are estimated as averaging about $2,000,000 yearly. The value of its manufactures amounts to nearly the
same. The chief articles manufactured are flour, lumber, wagons, leather, furniture, woolen cloth and blankets,
etc. Owing to superior commercial facilities, commerce is extensively carried on. Population in 1875, 34,021; consisting
of 20,564 natives, 9,105 Germans, 2,077 Swiss and French, 1,011 Irish, 370 English and Scotch, 347 Canadians, 260
Norwegians, and 287 of other nationalities. Number of schools, 117; children of school age, 13,966.
[Source: "The State of Wisconsin: embracing brief sketches of its history"; By Edmund Theodore Sweet;
Publ. 1876;
Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
Sheboygan County's county seat is Sheboygan.
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Surrounding Counties
* Manitowoc County *
* Ozaukee County *
*Washington County *
* Fond du Lac County *
*Calumet County *
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Updates
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November 2011
TIFT obit
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October 2011
DANAHER bio
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June 2011
SCHWANKOVSKY bio
May 2011:
More bios from the 1912 History
Bio for BRICKNER; Community News Item
1840 Census
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April 2011:
History of: Towns/Villages,
the Churches, the oldest schoolhouse in the county, Early Settlers; Journalism; Civil War and Spanish American
War; biographies from 1912
History
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