Door County

Door County
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
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administration
Door County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Sturgeon Bay
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-0670
Foundation :	1851
Made up from:	Brown County
Area code :	001 920
Demographics
Residents :	27,785 (2010)
Population density :	22.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	6138 km²
Water surface :	4888 km²
map

Website : www.co.door.wi.gov

The Door County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 27,785 residents and a population density of 22.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Sturgeon Bay , which was named after the Sturgeon Bay des Green Bays . The county offers many tourist attractions.

geography

Door County is located in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. It is located in the northeast of the Door Peninsula , which separates Green Bay from Lake Michigan proper. In addition, some islands in Lake Michigan and Green Bay belong to the county, the largest of which is Washington Island .

The county has an area of 6138 square kilometers, of which 4888 square kilometers are water.

Door County is bordered by water and land by the following neighboring counties:

Menominee County MI ^S Marinette County ^S	Delta County MI ^S
Oconto County ^S
	Kewaunee County ^L

^{S - sea border

L - land border}

history

Door County was formed in 1851 from parts of Brown County. The name is derived from the dangerous strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island , which is lined with shipwrecks. The French called this place Porte des Morts , later door of the dead , from which Door County developed.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2948	-
1870	4919	66.9%
1880	11,645	136.7%
1890	15,082	29.5%
1900	17,583	16.6%
1910	18,711	6.4%
1920	19,073	1.9%
1930	18,182	-4.7%
1940	19,095	5%
1950	20,870	9.3%
1960	20,685	-0.9%
1970	20,106	-2.8%
1980	25,029	24.5%
1990	25,690	2.6%
2000	27,961	8.8%
2010	27,785	-0.6%
2012 estimate	27,817	0.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Sherwood Point lighthouse, listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Door County had 27,785 people in 13,695 households. The population density was 22.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.01 people lived in each of the 13,695 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.

17.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,707 USD . The per capita income was $ 30,509. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Door County localities

The Michigan Strait bridge over Sturgeon Bay

City

Sturgeon Bay

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Kewaunee County}

structure

Door County is divided into 14 towns in addition to the one city and the four villages :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Baileys Harbor	1022	55-04325
Town of Brussels	1136	55-10700
Town of Clay Banks	0382	55-15025
Town of Egg Harbor	1342	55-22875
Town of Forestville	1096	55-26650
Town of Gardner	1194	55-28300
Town of Gibraltar	1021	55-28950

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Jacksonport	0705	55-37750
Town of Liberty Grove	1734	55-43925
Town of Nasewaupee	2061	55-55500
Town of Sevastopol	2628	55-72600
Town of Sturgeon Bay	0818	55-77900
Town of Union	0999	55-81525
Town of Washington	0708	55-83600

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Door County

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	-6	-8th	1	9	13	18th	21st	20th	19th	11	7th	-2	O	8.7
Min. Temperature (° C)	-8th	-15	-4	-2	3	9	12	15th	12	3	1	-2	O	2.1

Precipitation ( mm )	57	54	60	129	93	85	97	78	87	129	85	65	Σ	1,019

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State parks

The visitor bureau promotes five state parks. A sixth state park is on Detroit Island and has no access to the ferry.

literature

William H. Tishler: Door County's Emerald Treasure: A History of Peninsula State Park. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 2006, ISBN 978-0-299-22074-7 .