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Sturgeon Bay is the county seat in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [3] The 2020 Census recorded a population of 9,646. It is the largest city on the Door Peninsula. This is why the county's name is derived from it.
The Menominee and Ho-Chunk inhabited the area in their early days. Namaew Wihkit (or \"bay of the Sturgeon\") is the Menominee name for the town. [4] In the 1831 Treaty of Washington, the Menominee gave this territory to the United States. The area became available for white settlement.
In 1855, Graham was the first name of the community. However, Ottumba was established by the state legislature in 1857. The name was changed to Graham in 1855. In 1857, the state legislature organized it as the town of Ottumba. In 1860, a petition was filed to the county board asking for the change of the community's name. [6] In 1869, a company of volunteer firefighters was founded. [7] Sturgeon Bay was established as a village in 1874. The police department was established in that year. It was made a city in 1883. [9] Charles Mitchell Whiteside (1854-1924), member of Wisconsin Assembly, sponsored a bill in 1891 that combined the community of Sawyer and Sturgeon Bay. [10]
Locally, the Sturgeon Bay Bridge at Michigan Street is well-known. It was opened in 1931 and was the second bridge across the bay.