Welcome to Sturgeon Bay ...

The city of Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County<1> and is the County Seat for Door County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sturgeon Bay, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Sturgeon Bay has a population of 8,971 people<2> (see below for details).

Sturgeon Bay is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sturgeon Bay lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sturgeon Bay (for example, toward Frankfort (MI)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area codes for Sturgeon Bay: (920) and (274)<4>

The ZIP code for Sturgeon Bay: 54235<5>

Websites for Sturgeon Bay ...

Official Website: www.sturgeonbaywi.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Sturgeon Bay had an population of 8,971 people. This is a decrease of 1.89% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.94% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Sturgeon Bay had a population of 9,144 people (which is 32.91% of the total population of Door County). This makes Sturgeon Bay the county's most populous community.

The population of Sturgeon Bay represents 0.16% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 100th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 9,144 people, the population of Sturgeon Bay decreased 3.1% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 9,437 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Sturgeon Bay.

Communities Also Named Sturgeon Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sturgeon Bay - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sturgeon Bay.

Communities near Sturgeon Bay ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sturgeon Bay.

• Algoma
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
  • Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
• Forestville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Forestville is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
• Egg Harbor
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
  • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
• Idlewild
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Idlewild is located in Door County
• Little Sturgeon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sturgeon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
  • Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
• Brussels
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
  • Brussels is located in Door County
• Jacksonport
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
  • Jacksonport is located in Door County
• Gregorville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
  • Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
• Euren
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
  • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
• Duvall
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
  • Duvall is located in Kewaunee County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sturgeon Bay. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sturgeon Bay.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sturgeon Bay. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sturgeon Bay.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturgeon Bay. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Sturgeon Bay.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sturgeon Bay ...

Looking for more information about Sturgeon Bay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sturgeon Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sturgeon Bay.

Adding Sturgeon Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sturgeon Bay in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sturgeon Bay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Sturgeon Bay post office opened in 1855.

We also found Sturgeon Bay in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sturgeon Bay.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sturgeon Bay: www.sturgeonbaywi.org/

The official website for Door County: www.co.door.wi.gov/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/