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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Door County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 27,961. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. Door County is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for residents of Wisconsin and Illinois.
The county is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangerous passage, which is now scattered with shipwrecks, was known to early French explorers and local Native Americans. Because of the natural hazards of the strait, where the waters of Green Bay meet the open body of Lake Michigan, they gave it the French appellation Porte des Morts Passage, which in English means the "Door to the Way to Death," or simply, "Death's Door."
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1851 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1857 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1861 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1861 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 2,948
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| 1870 | 4,919
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| 1880 | 11,645
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| 1890 | 15,682
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| 1900 | 17,583
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| 1910 | 18,711
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| 1920 | 19,073
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| 1930 | 18,182
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| 1940 | 19,095
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| 1950 | 20,870
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| 1960 | 20,685
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| 1970 | 20,106
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| 1980 | 25,029
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| 1990 | 25,690
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