Sheboygan, Wisconsin

**Sheboygan** is a city in Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Sheboygan County. As of the 2020 census, 49,929 people lived there. It is the main city of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Sheboygan River. It is about  north of Milwaukee and  south of Green Bay.

## Geography

The city has a total area of . Of this,  is land and  is water.

## History

Sheboygan was founded in 1846. By 1849, it was known for its German population.

## Bratwurst

Sheboygan County is well known for its bratwurst. The Sheboygan Jaycees have an annual fund-raising festival called Bratwurst Days. Events include the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship.

## Sister cities

Sheboygan's sister cities are:
- Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
- Tsubame, Niigata, Japan

## Awards and rankings

- Sheboygan was recognized by _Reader's Digest_ as "The Best Place to Raise a Family" in the United States in 1995.

## Notable natives and residents

- Ray Buivid, American football player
- The Chordettes, singing quartet
- John Dittrich, NFL player
- Joe Hauser, Major League Baseball player
- John Michael Kohler, industrialist
- Terry Jodok Kohler, industrialist
- Walter J. Kohler, Jr., Governor of Wisconsin
- Walter J. Kohler, Sr., Governor of Wisconsin
- Wesley Lau, actor
- Jackie Mason, comedian
- George Sauer, Jr., NFL player
- Carl Schuette, NFL player
- E. E. Smith, science fiction author
- Edward Voigt, U.S. Representative

## Other websites

- City of Sheboygan
- Visit Sheboygan
- Sheboygan County Chamber

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: File:Sheboygan.downtown.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Downtown Sheboygan, showing the Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts on the right. April 2020
- **nickname**: "Malibu of the Midwest",
"Bratwurst Capital of the World",
"The City of Cheese, Chairs, Children & Churches"
- **image map**: File:Sheboygan County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sheboygan Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- **pushpin map**: Wisconsin
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Wisconsin
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Wisconsin, Counties
- **subdivision name1**: Wisconsin
- **subdivision name2**: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Sheboygan
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1780s
- **established title3**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated (city)
- **established date3**: 1846
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 41.00
- **area total sq mi**: 15.83
- **area land km2**: 40.51
- **area land sq mi**: 15.64
- **area water km2**: 0.49
- **area water sq mi**: 0.19
- **population total**: 49929
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population metro**: 118,034
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 53081–53083
- **area code**: Area code 920, 920
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **leader title2**: City clerk, City Clerk
- **timezone**: Central Standard Time, Central
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: Central Daylight Time, Central
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 55-72975
- **blank3 name sec1**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank3 info sec1**:
- **blank1 name sec2**: Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System, State Highways
- **blank1 info sec2**:
- **population density sq mi**: 3192.6
- **population density km2**: 1232.7