Sheboygan
| Sheboygan | |||
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| Nickname : Bratwurst Capital of the World | |||
 Sheboygan Downtown 8th Street |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1846 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Sheboygan County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 45 ′ N , 87 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
48,686 (as of 2016) 115,427 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 1,352.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.4 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 36.0 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 192 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 53081, 53083 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-72975 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1573989 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.sheboygan.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Mike Vandersteen | ||
 Blue Harbor Resort, exterior view |
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Sheboygan is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Sheboygan County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Sheboygan had 49,288 residents, the number of which decreased to 48,686 by 2016.
geography
Sheboygan is located at the confluence of the Sheboygan River with Lake Michigan . The city is located around 80 km north of Milwaukee .
The geographical coordinates of Sheboygan are 43 ° 44'59 "north latitude and 87 ° 43'30" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 36.4 km² and is surrounded on the land side by the Town of Sheboygan in the north and the Town of Wilson in the south, without belonging to one of them.
Neighboring towns of Sheboygan are the Moselle (on the northern city limits), Howards Grove (13.2 km northwest), Kohler (on the western city limits), Sheboygan Falls (9 km west) and Oostburg (17 km south-southwest).
The closest major cities are Green Bay (108 km north), Appleton (94.6 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (182 km southwest), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (56 miles south) and Chicago , Illinois (237 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 43 , which forms the shortest connection from Milwaukee to Green Bay, runs in a north-south direction along the western city limits of Sheboygan. Downtown Wisconsin State Highways 23 , 28, and 42 come together. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two freight railroad lines, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), meet in Sheboygan .
With the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport there is a small airfield 13 km to the west. The nearest commercial airports are Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (108 km north) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (102 km south).
bratwurst
Many residents of Sheboygans have German ancestors. Sheboygan County is known for its bratwurst , for which the German word "bratwurst" is used. There is an annual festival, the Bratwurst Days, which also includes the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship , a bratwurst eating competition.
Music Conservatory
Sheboygan is the seat of the Sheboygan conservatory of music . It is mentioned in Billy Wilder's film " Some Like It Hot " when the musicians played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon , disguised as Daphne and Josephine , pretend to have studied there in order to be accepted into the ladies' band of "Sweet Sue".
A real women's quartet formed in Sheboygan in 1946 were The Chordettes with their # 1 hit Mr. Sandman .
Blue Harbor
The Blue Harbor Resort is a conference center, amusement park and recreation center that opened in the summer of 2004. It includes a water park called "Breaker Bay". The port is located on the peninsula at the confluence of the Sheboygan River with Lake Michigan.
Rocket launch site
Since 1995, Sheboygan has launched various smaller rockets with peak heights of up to 3000 meters as part of the "Rockets for Schoolchildren" project. In addition, sounding rockets of the Super Loki type with summit heights of 80 kilometers have already been launched by the Florida Space Institute in Sheboygan . Sheboygan has also been suggested as a space rocket launch site because a large area nearby is closed to civil aviation.
Twin cities
Sheboygan has several twin cities, including Esslingen am Neckar and Tsubame , Niigata , Japan . Sheboygan has a student exchange with both cities.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 40,638 | - | |
| 1950 | 42,365 | 4.2% | |
| 1960 | 45,747 | 8th % | |
| 1970 | 49,246 | 7.6% | |
| 1980 | 48,085 | -2.4% | |
| 1990 | 49,718 | 3.4% | |
| 2000 | 50,792 | 2.2% | |
| 2010 | 49,288 | -3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 48,725 | -1.1% | |
| 1940–2000 2010 2013 | |||
As of the 2010 census , Sheboygan had 49,288 people in 20,308 households. The population density was 1,369.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 20,308 households.
The racial the population was composed of 82.5 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 9.0 percent Asian and 3.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.9 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,549 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,924. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Sam Dekker (* 1994), basketball player
- Thomas Doyle (* 1944), priest and canon lawyer
- Brett Engelhardt (* 1980), ice hockey player in the German ice hockey league
- Walter Kohler Jr. (1904–1976), politician, 33rd Governor of Wisconsin
- Walter Kohler Sr. (1875–1940), politician, 26th Governor of Wisconsin
- Pat Matzdorf (* 1949), high jumper
- George Sauer junior (1943-2013), American football player
- Edward E. Smith (1890-1965), science fiction writer and chemist
- Janet Ertel (nee Buschmann) (1913–1988), singer and member of the a cappella girl group The Chordettes .
additional
Individual evidence
- ↑ America's "Capitals of the world"
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 20, 2014
- ↑ a b United States Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 25, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved August 25, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Sheboygan County Memorial Airport Accessed on August 25, 2014
- ↑ US Decennial Census.Retrieved February 20, 2014
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