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Sheboygan Essential Info

Overview

Sheboygan, the largest city in Sheboygan county at just over 50,000 residents, lies on the shores of Lake Michigan about 60 miles north of Milwaukee, in east-central Wisconsin. Formerly a busy trading and fishing port, Sheboygan grew through shipping and industry, and was a major center of German immigration to the area. While shipping on the Great Lakes has seen a major decline and the commercial fisheries has declined to 4 commercial fishing companies operating out of Sheboygan. Sheboygan remains a prospering industrial town, and continues its immigrant heritage to this day, with vibrant Hispanic and Hmong communities adding their influences to the cultural landscape. The "spirit on the lake" is the municipal jingle. The translation of the Native American name -she wa bo going means "water rushing underground" and is thought to refer to a rushing noise present at the North Point rock outcroppings. is also becoming a tourist destination thanks to several farsighted development initiatives, particularly along the scenic riverfront and lakefront.

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Best Time To Go

Apr-Sep

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Current Weather

49 °F

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Fun Facts

  1. Sheboygan is also known as the “Bratwurst Capitol of the World.”
  2. By 1849, By Sheboygan was known for its German population, as it became a destination of a wave of German middle-class liberal immigrants, who reached the United States after the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states.
  3. In 2006, a Sheboygan Hmong Memorial was installed in a city park to honor Hmong military and civilian contributions to the Secret War in Laos.
  4. Sheboygan hosts the annual Dairyland Surf Classic, the largest lake surfing competition in the world.
  5. Jackie Mason, an American stand-up comedian and film and television actor, who is ranked #63 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time, was born in Sheboygan.

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