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History · Egg Harbor

Egg Harbor’s history is
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The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Egg Harbor. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1historic places
9recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Egg Harbor is a village in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 358 at the 2020 census. It is adjacent to the Town of Egg Harbor and the Town of Gibraltar on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination. The village was incorporated in 1964. The harbor was known to the Potawatomi as Che-bah-ye-sho-da-ning, or "ghost door".

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 201 to 358 (+78%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Egg Harbor yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1958Chief Oshkosh statueCommons
1968Ranunculus bulbosus St. Anthonys turnipCommons
1970–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Egg Harbor’s history is told.

2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChief Oshkosh statue, 1958: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Egg Harbor, decade by decade

1950s1 item
Chief Oshkosh statueCommonsChief Oshkosh statue1958
1960s1 item
Ranunculus bulbosus St. Anthonys turnipCommonsRanunculus bulbosus St. Anthonys turnip1968
1970s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today9 photos
LittleStrawberryIslandDoorCountyWisconsinFromEggHarborCommonsLittleStrawberryIslandDoorCountyWisconsinFromEggHarbor2011EggHarborWisconsinDowntown2WIS42CommonsEggHarborWisconsinDowntown2WIS422011AdventureIslandDoorCountyWisconsinFromEggHarborCommonsAdventureIslandDoorCountyWisconsinFromEggHarbor2011Lull Abi InnCommonsLull Abi Inn2009EggHarborWisconsinSignWIS42CommonsEggHarborWisconsinSignWIS422008Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin, December 2008CommonsEgg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin, December 20082008EggHarborWisconsin1WIS42CommonsEggHarborWisconsin1WIS422007Egg Harbor Beach ParkCommonsEgg Harbor Beach Park2005WIMap-doton-Egg HarborCommonsWIMap-doton-Egg Harbor2004
National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Egg Harbor

1 place in Egg Harbor is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#267
In Wisconsinby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
3historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedCupola House

Where they are

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Cupola House
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Listed 1979Cupola HouseBuilt 1871CommerceArchitecture
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chief Oshkosh statue (1958) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Egg Harbor📜 Jacksonport📜 Gibraltar📜 Ephraim

From Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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