Plymouth, Wisconsin For other places titled Plymouth, in Wisconsin or elsewhere, see Plymouth .
Plymouth, Wisconsin Downtown Plymouth Downtown Plymouth Location of Plymouth, Wisconsin Location of Plymouth, Wisconsin Plymouth Post Office, a registered historic place Plymouth is a town/city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, along the Mullet River.
The town/city is positioned in the Town of Plymouth, but is politically autonomous.
Plymouth is known as "Hub City" because of its central locale in Sheboygan County, along with being an equidistant point in the Eastern Wisconsin region among Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, and Green Bay.
5.4 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Plymouth was surveyed in 1835 by United States engineers, one of whom was titled Mullet, and the Mullet river was later titled after him. The first territory sold to a private party was sold to an Englishman titled John Law who had emigrated from London.
These immigrants being the initial pool of pioneer in Plymouth gave the region cultural continuity with New England. The town was titled Plymouth, after Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims had landed in 1620. Originally known by early Native Americans as Quit Qui Oc, or Crooked River, Plymouth was settled in 1845 by Isaac Thorp and incorporated in 1877. The town/city is often called "Hub City" because of its central locale within Sheboygan County, but the nickname "Hub City" began in the 1860s when the Schwartz brothers had a wagon shop where they made wagons, hubs and spokes.
Plymouth is positioned at 43 44 57 N 87 58 36 W (43.749277, -87.976799). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.34 square miles (13.83 km2), of which, 5.26 square miles (13.62 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. Wisconsin is an open-enrollment state. This means that families can send their pupils to any enhance school, regardless of whether they live in the district.
The Plymouth School District serves the communities of Plymouth and close-by Cascade. The Plymouth School District has three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
The Plymouth School District advances its mission through established Pillars of Excellence: The Plymouth School District is supported by an active Plymouth Education Foundation that provides scholarships, honors prosperous teachers and fundraises for facility improvements such as the newly established Food Science and Agriculture Center.
Plymouth Unified School District & School Achievements Plymouth High School was awarded the Education Innovation Award from the North - East Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance in 2014. There are three neighborhood elementary schools inside the Plymouth School District.
Each elementary school offers summer youth athletic camps as well as co-curricular opportunities throughout the school year.
Plymouth High School has a composite ACT average of 22.6, higher than the state average. With a total enrollment of roughly 800 pupils and 53 full-time teachers, Plymouth has a great teacher-to-student ratio driving the impressive 94 percent graduation rate. More than two-thirds of Plymouth graduates pursue higher education. Plymouth High School also offers college credit courses for pupils looking for a competing advantage when making college decisions.
With the support of an art loggia, Plymouth pupils are able to achieve much success in the arts and dramatic extracurricular activities offered.
Plymouth has earned a reputation for its joint venture with Lakeshore Technical College in the LTC-Plymouth Science and Technology Center. Students attending Plymouth High School have access to the latest engineering and manufacturing technologies capable of propelling pupils into high-skill, high-paying manufacturing jobs or STEM careers.
Students who graduate from eighth undertaking often continue their education at the enhance Plymouth High School or the private Roncalli Catholic High School in Manitowoc, WI.
John Lutheran School has been offering a Lutheran education to kids in 3-year-old kindergarten through eighth undertaking for Plymouth for 150 years.
Those who graduate often continue their education at the enhance Plymouth High School or the private Sheboygan Lutheran High School in Sheboygan, WI.
Plymouth, Wisconsin has a long history in the cheese industry.
Plymouth has a historic downtown district, which promotes a mix of retail, office and service uses.
Tourism is an meaningful industry for Plymouth, which hosts visitors to affairs all over Sheboygan County. With an abundance of parks, citywide affairs, easy access to the Kettle Moraine National Forest and ski hills, Plymouth is an attractive destination for tourists from all over the country.
Plymouth is developing its third company park in partnership with the Plymouth Industrial Development Corporation. The new park, east of the town/city limits, will offer rail access, improved lots from 1 to 25 acres in size and loan and incentive programs through the county.
With the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation, Plymouth actively works to recruit established businesses and startups to locate in the city.
Sargento operates three facilities outside of Plymouth in close-by Elkhart Lake, Kiel and Hilbert, Wisconsin.
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce With more than 300 member company in Sheboygan County, the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce's mission is to promote small-town businesses and attract new ventures to the community.
The chamber works closely with the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation, especially in the promotion of the county's Someplace Better initiative to bring families into Sheboygan County, along with the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce and the Plymouth Downtown Business Manager.
Plymouth is positioned along State Highways 57, 67 and 23.
Plymouth is positioned less than an hour drive from Milwaukee and Green Bay.
A single-track barns branch line between Plymouth and Sheboygan runs through the city.
In 2006, citing low demand and degraded infrastructure, Union Pacific reported plans to abandon the line west of the Kohler Company factory in Kohler, thus terminating all service to Sheboygan Falls. In 2009, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation purchased the Plymouth-Sheboygan Falls portion of the line from Union Pacific, with the intent of repairing the long dormant line to allow the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad to furnish restored service to Plymouth by 2015.
Plymouth is served by the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (KSBM), which is positioned several miles east of the city.
Wastewater is treated by the Plymouth City Utility Commission Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Electricity is provided by Plymouth Utilities.
Located east of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Plymouth is a recreational destination for visitors year round.
The town/city is home to 17 parks that offer a wide range of recreational opportunities including baseball (Plymouth Youth Athletic Association]), soccer (Plymouth Soccer Club) frisbee-golf, biking, swimming (Plymouth Aquatic Center), tennis, nature walks and more.
In 2015, Sheboygan County was designated a "Bicycle Friendly Community" by the League of American Bicyclists. Sheboygan County has assembled almost 39 miles of off-street bike trails and dozens of miles on on-street trails.
The 17-mile Old Plank Road Trail runs from Sheboygan through Plymouth to Glenbeulah, Wisconsin.
The Kettle Moraine State Forest has a several off-road mountain bike trails. Along the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive in Sheboygan County, the Greenbush Trail offers four hiking loops.
Plymouth offers a self-guided strolling tour of historic downtown, which contains more than 50 historically momentous homes, businesses and buildings, two of which are listed on nationwide Register of Historic Places.
There are three campgrounds in the Plymouth area: Broughton Marsh Park, Plymouth Rock Camping Resort and Sundance Farm Campground.
Free concerts are held every Thursday evening amid the summer at Plymouth City Park, positioned at Highway 67 and Grove Street.
The Sheboygan County Fair is held every year on Labor Day weekend at Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth.
Festivals are held nearly all year long in the Plymouth area.
The Bull at Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan Falls is the only golf course in Wisconsin designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus.
Evergreen Golf Course is a 9-hole course positioned in Plymouth.
Plymouth Dirt Track Racing runs all summer at Sheboygan County Fair Park The Plymouth Aquatic Center is positioned in City Park.
The Plymouth Aquatic Center at City Park is a zero-depth-entry pool with waterslides, a sand play region and concessions.
Plymouth High School's indoor pool is open to the improve amid open swim times.
Cross-country ski trails are groomed and available at a range of locations in Sheboygan County, including the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Maywood Environmental Park, Jaycee Park and Evergreen Park in Sheboygan.
An artist works on his canvas next to one of the Walldogs murals that dot downtown Plymouth.
She was erected in 1977, on the spot where the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange was positioned in the late 19th century, as part of the city's Centennial celebration.
The Cheese Drop is sponsored every year on New Year's Eve by the Plymouth Arts Center.
Painted on downtown buildings by a group of muralists called the Walldogs, there are 21 murals depicting scenes and businesses from Plymouth's history. Bruhy, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Mayor of Plymouth City of Plymouth Website.
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