Green Bay is a city in and the
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of
Brown CountyBrown County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 226,778. The county seat is Green Bay. The United States Census Bureau's Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties....
in the
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
.
The city is located at the head of its namesake Green Bay, a sub-basin of
Lake MichiganLake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume The third largest of the Great Lakes by surface area , it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin,...
, at the mouth of the
Fox RiverThe Fox River is a river in eastern and central Wisconsin in the United States. Along the banks is a chain of cities, including Neenah, Menasha, Appleton, Little Chute, Kimberly, Combined Locks, and Kaukauna...
. It has an elevation of 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and is located 112 miles (180 km) north of
MilwaukeeMilwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and 23rd largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. Its estimated 2008 population was 604,477. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the...
. As of the 2000 census Green Bay had a population of 102,313. Its 2006 estimated
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
was 100,353. The
Town of Green BayGreen Bay is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,772 at the 2000 census. The town is located several miles northeast of the City of Green Bay. The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is in the town of Green Bay in the unincorporated community of Champion...
is located several miles northeast of the city.
Green Bay is the principal city of the
Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical AreaThe Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Wisconsin, anchored by the city of Green Bay...
, which covers
BrownBrown County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 226,778. The county seat is Green Bay. The United States Census Bureau's Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties....
,
KewauneeKewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 20,187. Its county seat is Kewaunee. Kewaunee County is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
, and
OcontoOconto County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 35,634. Its county seat is Oconto.Oconto County is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was established in 1851.-Geography:...
Counties and had a combined population of 282,599 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.
Green Bay is an industrial city with several meatpacking and paper plants, and a port on the
Bay of Green BayGreen Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south-west coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them, all formed...
, an arm of
Lake MichiganLake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume The third largest of the Great Lakes by surface area , it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin,...
. It is home to the
National Railroad MuseumThe National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, in suburban Green Bay.The museum is one of the oldest institutions in the United States dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad history. It was founded in 1956 by community volunteers in...
; the Neville Public Museum with exhibitions of art, history, and science; and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
The
Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
professional
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
team of the
National Football LeagueThe National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...
has been based in the city since 1919. Green Bay is by far the smallest U.S. market for an NFL team, although the Packers' fan base stretches throughout the U.S. and even around the world. Green Bay is nicknamed "Titletown, USA" for the number of NFL titles (12) it has won over the years (including the first two
Super BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the premier association of professional American football. In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and...
s and
Super Bowl XXXISuper Bowl XXXI was an American football game played on January 26, 1997 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1996 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American...
), more than any other team. The name appears on the city seal, is used by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce for its web address (
www.titletown.org) and variations of the word appear in the name of more than two dozen local businesses.
Green Bay was awarded the title of All-America City twice in the city's history, with the first award in 1964, and the second in 1999.
There is a free public Wi-Fi system in the downtown Green Bay Broadway District that went into operation in 2007.
History
Archaeological studies have shown that people lived in the Green Bay area before the first French settlers arrived. Animals that are common today in the thick woods of the Green Bay area also lived in the area long ago. They are mostly creatures with very long and thick coats, as it was necessary for survival in the cold winters. Along with mammals were also fish that are similar to the species found today in the waters around Green Bay.
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Jean NicoletJean Nicolet de Belleborne was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Green Bay in early modern North America.-Life and exploration:...
was commissioned by
New FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Britain in 1763...
’s founder,
Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain, , , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat and chronicler...
to explore land that he had heard about, whose people referred to themselves as "People of the Sea". Champlain had also heard about resources in the area, including fertile soil, forests, and animals. Nicolet set out on his journey for this new land shortly before winter in 1634.
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A small trading post, originally named
La Baye or
La Baie des Puants, was established by Nicolet at this location in 1634, making Green Bay the 13th oldest permanent settlement in America. When Nicolet arrived in the Green Bay area, the first group he encountered was one that spoke a
SiouxSioux are a Native American and First Nations people. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many dialects...
language, the
Ho-ChunkThe Ho-Chunk, or Winnebago , are a tribe of Native Americans, native to what are now Wisconsin and Illinois.-Etymology:...
, also known as the Winnebago. “Besides hunting and fishing, the Winnebagos cultivated corn, bean, squash, and tobacco. Wild rice, a dietary staple, grew in abundance in the river and its tributaries, and was gathered along with nuts, berries, and edible roots of the woods."
[City of Green Bay. "City of Green Bay." www.ci.green-bay.wi.us. 5 Oct. 2008 ] In this tribe there were distinguished and easily identified gender roles. The men typically hunted and fished for food, and the women cooked and prepared the furs of the dead animals for rugs, furniture and other uses around the house. Women were an important aspect of the political process, as no action could be taken without agreement of half of the women. Nicolet stayed with this tribe for about a year, becoming an ally, which helped open up opportunities for trade and commerce. He then returned to Quebec.
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A few months after Nicolet returned from his quest, Champlain died. His death put a halt on journeys to the newly discovered land, La Baie Verte.
Nicolas PerrotNicolas Perrot , explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France, he came to New France around 1660 with Jesuits and had the opportunity to visit Indian tribes and learn their languages...
was the next journeyman sent to La Baie by Pere Claude Allouez. After this, the French avoided the area because of the intensity of Indian and European wars. In 1671 a
JesuitThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic religious order of clerks regular whose members are called Jesuits.Jesuits are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church, with 18,815 members—13,305 priests, 2,295 scholastic students, 1,758 brothers and 827 novices—as of January 2008, although the...
Mission was set up in the area. A fort was added in 1717. The town was incorporated in 1754, and was passed to
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
control in 1761.
One of the first permanent French settlers was Charles de Langlade and his family, who moved to Green Bay in 1765, becoming the first permanent settlers in Wisconsin. Langlade, called the "Father of Wisconsin", was a half-French
OttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...
war chief who is credited with planning the ambush of British
General BraddockGeneral Edward Braddock was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War...
and
George WashingtonGeorge Washington was the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the first President of the United States of America...
in the
French and Indian WarThe French and Indian War, also known as the War of the Conquest or referred as part of the larger conflict known as the Seven Years' War, was a war fought in North America between 1754 and 1763...
. The Grignons, Porliers and Lawes who followed brought Canadian-French culture with them. Colorful "jack-knife Judge" Reaume dispensed British justice in the territory.”
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The Green Bay area was still under British control until years after the end of the
Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , also sometimes known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war between several European great powers...
, even after America had gained its independence. "Doty, Whitney, Arndt, Baird and Martin were among the American settlers who pushed French culture into the background following the American establishment of
Fort HowardFort Howard was a 19th century fortification of the U.S. Army located in Green Bay, Wisconsin's first white settlement and an important center of the Fur Trade...
in 1816."
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Baie Verte) became the more common name for the town. In 1783 the town became part of the
United States of AmericaThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The
United States ArmyThe United States Army is the branch of the United States Military responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military and is one of seven uniformed services...
built Fort Howard on the banks of the Fox River in 1816.
Before Wisconsin became a state in 1848, the majority of commerce had to do with fur trading. After statehood, there was a shift away from fur trading toward lumbering. "For a short time in 1860s and 1870s, iron smelting in charcoal kilns rivaled the timber industry while the port handled increasing amounts of fuel, feed, and lumber. Today's major local industry had its start in 1895 when the first paper mill was built."
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Wisconsin's first
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
,
The Green Bay IntelligencerThe Green Bay Intelligencer was Wisconsin’s first newspaper and was based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was founded by A.G. Ellis and businessman John V. Suyder with the first issue published on December 11, 1833. In 1834, Mr. Ellis, and subsequently The Green-Bay Intelligencer, supported the...
, was first published in 1833. The borough of Green Bay was created in 1838 and is the main center of the current city. By 1850 the town had a population of 1,923. The town was incorporated as the city of Green Bay, joining several small towns including Navarino, Astor (created by John Jacob Astor) and Fort Howard in 1854. The
Green Bay Area Public School DistrictThe Green Bay Area Public School District is the school district serving Green Bay, Wisconsin. The district was founded in 1856, with the founding of the first public school, Sale School. Sale School has since been demolished. The current total enrollment is 19,709...
was founded in 1856.
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The 1850s brought much change to the city of Green Bay when other groups started immigrating to the area. That decade brought an influx of Belgian, German, Scandinavian, Irish and Dutch immigrants as word spread of America's cheap land and good soil. The greatest concentration of newcomers came from Belgium. They cleared the land to farm and build their homes.
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The railroad arrived in the 1860s. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad companies were formed, which allowed people and products to travel all over the state, increasing business and trade opportunities. The area was able to grow and enrich itself with the use of the river and the plentiful timber resources. This led to the paper industry becoming the major employer in Green Bay, and opened up the port for international trade.
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In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Green Bay to honor its tricentennial. By 1950 the city had a population of 52,735. In 1964, the Town of
PreblePreble was a town in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.-History:The town was founded on July 13, 1859, and was named after the United States admiral Edward Preble. In 1964, the Town of Preble was consolidated with the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin....
was consolidated with the city of Green Bay.
Geography
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 54.3
square mileThe square mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile.
s (140.7 km
2), of which 43.9 square miles (113.6 km
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2) is water. The total area is 86.59% water.
Climate
The city of Green Bay has a
continental climateContinental climate is a climate that is characterized by winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of snow cover each year, and relatively moderate precipitation occurring mostly in summer, although east coast areas may show an even distribution of precipitation.Regions containing...
, moderated slightly by the city's proximity to
Lake MichiganLake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume The third largest of the Great Lakes by surface area , it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin,...
. The city's climate features four distinct
seasonA season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather.Seasons result from the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution...
s, with warm, frequently hot
summerSummer is one of the four temperate seasons, marked by the time of year with the longest days, and lies between spring and autumn. The seasons are popularly considered to start on different dates in different cultures based on astronomy and regional meteorology. When it is summer in the southern...
s and long, cold and
snowSnow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure. Snowflakes...
y
winterWinter is the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.-Meteorology:Meteorological winter is the season having the shortest days and the lowest average temperatures. This corresponds to the months of December, January and February, which have the coldest weather and, especially in the...
s. The variance in temperature and precipitation between months is severe and often extreme. The warmest month is July, when the average high temperature is 81°F (27°C). During July, the average low temperature is 59°F (15°C). The coldest month of the year is January, when the high temperature averages only 24°F (−4°C), and the low temperatures average 7°F (−14°C).
The wettest month in Green Bay is August, when 3.77 inches (95.8 mm) of precipitation falls, mostly in the form of
rainRain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to other kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. On Earth, it is the condensation of atmospheric water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall, often making it to the surface...
fall from
thunderstormA thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, a hailstorm, or simply a storm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically-assigned cloud type associated with the...
s. The driest month in Green Bay is February, when the majority of precipitation falls as low moisture-content
snowSnow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure. Snowflakes...
due to cold, dry air. On average, 1.01 inches (25.7 mm) of precipitation falls in February.
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Transportation
The majority of the people in Green Bay use cars. The city was the headquarters of the
Green Bay and Western RailroadThe Green Bay and Western Railroad served the transportation and freight haulage needs of northern Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993...
from 1896 to 1993. After the GB&W quit, the line was purchased by Wisconsin Central Transportation. In 2001, the WC was merged into the Canadian National system. The Chicago and North Western Railway also served Green Bay, and their depot still stands today. Green Bay was last served with a regular passenger train, the CNW's Peninsula 400, in 1971. The CNW sold its trackage from Green Bay south to Sheboygan in 1987 to the Fox River Valley Railroad, which became part of the WC in 1993. Green Bay also saw passenger service from the Milwaukee Road's Chippewa Hiawatha, which ran from Chicago into the UP of Michigan. Green Bay is also served by the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad. Amtrak expansion to Green Bay is part of the Midwest Regional Rail Project, and would follow a route from Milwaukee through Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Appleton. Wisconsin DOT plan service starting in 2019. A ciizens group, NEWRails, is lobbying for an earlier start.
Green Bay is served by
Austin Straubel International AirportAustin Straubel International Airport is a public-use airport located in the village of Ashwaubenon, seven miles southwest of the central business district of Green Bay, a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and sits on portions of land encompassing Green Bay and the Oneida Nation of...
. Green Bay also has its own mass transit system known as
Green Bay MetroGreen Bay Metro, formerly known as Green Bay Transit until 2001, is the mass transit system found in the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It also provides limited service in Ashwaubenon, Allouez, and De Pere.- Operations :...
(formerly known as Green Bay Transit).
Green Bay is connected to the rest of the state by four major highways. US-41 connects Green Bay to the Fox Cities,
Fond du Lac-United States:*Fond du Lac, Wisconsin *Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin *Fond du Lac , Wisconsin*Fond du Lac High School*Fond du Lac Lighthouse*Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac*University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac*Fond du Lac Freeway...
and Milwaukee to the south and the
Upper Peninsula of MichiganThe Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. More casually it is known as the land "above the Bridge"...
via
OcontoOconto is a city in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,708 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located partially within the town of Oconto.-History:...
,
PeshtigoPeshtigo is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,357 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area....
, and
MarinetteMarinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the 2000 census.Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee...
. US-141 starts in Green Bay and joins with US-41 to the north for 18 miles before splitting off and providing access to the Upper Peninsula via
NiagaraNiagara is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,880 at the 2000 census. The city lies to the north of and adjacent to the Town of Niagara. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
. I-43, which terminates at US-41/US-141, heads south along
Lake MichiganLake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume The third largest of the Great Lakes by surface area , it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin,...
to Milwaukee and on to
IllinoisIllinois , the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation...
via
BeloitBeloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, Beloit had a population of 35,775. Its 2007 estimated census was 37,710. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents. Beloit is the home of Beloit College...
. Recently WI-29 has been upgraded to four lanes to provide better access to western Wisconsin and
MinnesotaMinnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the...
via
WausauWausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau....
and
Eau ClaireEau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 61,704 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County, although a small portion of the city lies in neighboring Chippewa County...
.
Other highways of importance are :
WI-172: Forms a southern highway bypass of Green Bay, and continuing to Austin Straubel Airport.
WI-32: Two lane highway which runs from Illinois to Michigan and provides alternative routes to the north and south and travels through many small communities.
WI-54: Two lane highway which runs through Green Bay from
AlgomaAlgoma is a city in Kewaunee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,357 at the 2000 census. Originally known as Ahnapee, the city was renamed Algoma in September 1879.Algoma is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area....
to
New LondonNew London is a city in Outagamie and Waupaca Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 7,085 at the 2000 census. The city has a Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Irish Fest, and week-long festivities, when the city's name is changed to "New Dublin" for the week. The American Water...
and
WaupacaWaupaca is a city in Waupaca County in the state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. The city is believed to be named after Sam Waupaca of the Potowatomi tribe....
.
WI-57: Heads to Green Bay from I-43 near
Port WashingtonPort Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is about 25 miles north of Milwaukee and 110 miles north of Chicago. In the 2000 census Port Washington had a population of 10,467. The ZIP code is 53074.-History:...
and continues through
Sturgeon BaySturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,437 at the 2000 census. It is located at the natural end of Sturgeon Bay, although the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was built across the remainder of the Door Peninsula.-Geography:Sturgeon Bay is...
to the Door Peninsula, terminating with WI-42 at
Gills RockGills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States...
with ferry access to
Washington IslandWashington Island is an island located about 7 miles northeast of the tip of Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. The island has a year-round population of 660 people . It has a land area of 60.89 km² and comprises over 92 percent of the land area of the town of Washington, as well as...
. Southbound the highway runs to
ChiltonChilton is a city in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Calumet County. The population was 3,708 at the 2000 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Chilton.-History:...
.
Demographics
City of Green Bay
Population by year |
| 1860 The United States Census of 1860 was the eighth Census conducted in the United States. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 — an increase of 35.4 percent over the 23,191,875 persons enumerated during the 1850 Census...
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2,276 |
| 1870 The United States Census of 1870 was the ninth United States Census. Conducted by the Census Bureau, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 39,818,449, an increase of 22.6 percent over the 31,443,321 persons enumerated during the 1860 Census...
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4,698 |
| 1880 The United States Census of 1880 was the tenth United States Census conducted by the Census Bureau during June 1880. It was the first time that women were permitted to be enumerators...
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7,476 |
| 1890 The Eleventh United States Census was taken June 2, 1890. Most of the 1890 census was destroyed in 1921 during a fire in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C....
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9,069 |
| 1900 The twelfth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau on 1 June 1900, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 Census....
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23,748 |
| 1910 The Thirteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 Census...
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25,216 |
| 1920 The Fourteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from January 5, 1920, determined the resident population of the United States to be 106,021,537, an increase of 15.0 percent over the 92,228,496 persons enumerated during the 1910 Census.Despite the constitutional...
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31,643 |
| 1930 The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.-Census questions:The 1930 census...
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37,407 |
| 1940 The Sixteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 123,202,624 persons. The census date was April 1, 1940...
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46,205 |
| 1950 The Seventeenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 150,520,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 132,164,569 persons enumerated during the 1940 Census....
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52,735 |
| 1960 The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census....
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62,952 |
| 1970 The Nineteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,302,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 Census.-Census questions:...
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87,829 |
| 1980 The Twentieth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4 percent over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 Census.-Census questions:...
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87,947 |
| 1990 The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
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96,466 |
| 2000 The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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102,313 |
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 102,313 people, 41,591 households, and 24,663 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 2,332.1 people per square mile (900.5/km
2). There were 43,123 housing units at an average density of 982.9/sq mi (379.5/km
2). The racial makeup of the city was 85.86% White, 1.38% African American, 3.28% Native American, 3.76% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.72% from other races, and 1.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.13% of the population.
There were 41,591 households of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. About 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,820, and the median income for a family was $48,678. Males had a median income of $33,246 versus $23,825 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $19,269. About 7.4% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older.
Government
Green Bay is governed by a mayor and a city council. The city council consists of 12 members each elected from districts. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote.
Education
- Elementary Schools
- Anne Sullivan Elementary School
- Baird Elementary School
- Beaumont Elementary School
- Chappell Elementary School
- Danz Elementary School
- Doty Elementary School
- Eisenhower Elementary School
- Elmore Elementary School
- Fort Howard Elementary School
- Howe Elementary School
- Jackson Elementary School
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- Keller Elementary School
- Kennedy Elementary School
There are a number of Elementary schools named Kennedy Elementary School:* Kennedy Elementary School * Kennedy Elementary School * Kennedy Elementary School...
- King Elementary School
There are a number of Elementary schools named King Elementary School:* King Elementary School * King Elementary School * King Elementary School...
- Langlade Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School may refer to:in Canada:* Lincoln Elementary School , Port Coquitlam, British Columbia in the United States:...
- MacArthur Elementary School
- Martin Elementary School
Martin Elementary School may refer to:in the United States* Martin Elementary School * Martin Elementary School , listed on the NRHP in Georgia...
- McAuliffe Elementary School
- Nicolet Elementary School
- Tank Elementary School
- Webster Elementary School
- Wequiock Elementary School
- Wilder Elementary School
- Suamico Elementary School
- Junior High/Middle Schools
- Lombardi Middle School
- Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School is the name of many middle schools, usually named after Benjamin Franklin, including:*Franklin Middle School *Franklin Middle School *Franklin Middle School...
- Bayview Middle School
- Lineville Intermediate School
- Red Smith Middle School
- Edison Middle School
Edison Middle School is a public middle school in Kern County, California. The school is located in the small town of Edison, at the corner of Edison Hwy. and Edison Rd, just outside Bakersfield, California. The school is part of the Edison School District. Edison serves students in the 5th grade...
- Washington Middle School
Washington Middle School is the name of many middle schools, usually named after George Washington, including:*Washington Middle School *Washington Middle School *Washington Middle School...
- High Schools
-
- Notre Dame de la Baie Academy
- Bay Port High School
Bay Port High School is a public high school located in Suamico, Wisconsin. Founded in 1963, it had a graduating class of 30 in 1964. Its enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year was a little over 1,675....
- Green Bay East High School
Green Bay East High School is a public high school in the Green Bay Area Public School District serving Green Bay, Wisconsin and its surrounding communities . The school's street address is 1415 East Walnut Street.-History:East High School has been located in three buildings over its 145-year history...
- Green Bay Southwest High School
Green Bay Southwest High School is one of four public high schools located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at 1331 Packerland Drive. Principal Stefan Peña-Rice heads the school, which has 118 faculty and 1427 students in grades 9 through 12...
- Green Bay West High School
Green Bay West High School is a high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at 966 Shawano Ave. Founded in the early 1900s, it recently underwent significant renovations, adding a new west wing and completely reconfiguring the cafeteria...
- Preble High School
Preble High School is a public high school in the Green Bay, Wisconsin School District. The school draws students from Green Bay, Bellevue, and New Franken...
- Northeast Wisconsin Lutheran High School
- Bay City Baptist School
Bay City Baptist School is a school in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It includes preschool through twelfth grade. The school is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools .-External links:*...
- Colleges and Universities
-
- Bellin College of Nursing
- ITT Technical Institute
ITT Technical Institute is a private, for-profit, technical institute with 108 campuses in 38 states of the United States. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services, Inc. , a publicly traded company. ITT Educational Services, Inc...
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, also called NWTC, is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System...
- Rasmussen College
Rasmussen College is a regionally accredited, private, for-profit college offering Bachelor's and Associate's degrees at multiple campuses in Minnesota including Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lake Elmo, Mankato, Moorhead and St...
- St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator, the school was named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. In 1952, the college became coeducational and today enrolls about 2,000...
(in nearby De Pere)
- University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
- Wisconsin College of Cosmetology
Religion
The city is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Green BayThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay was established on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. It covers the city of Green Bay as well as Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties,...
. The
Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green BayThe Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The Cathedral was named in honor of Francis Xavier....
is the mother church of the Diocese. The diocese is in the province of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The Saint Joseph Oratory is located in Green Bay.
In 2000, the
American Religion Data Archive reported Green Bay to be predominantly Catholic (71.5%), with Lutherans composing an additional 16.4%. The remaining 12% are almost entirely Protestant denominations. There is also an Islamic mosque and an Unitarian Universalist Fellowship located in the city.
Sports
Professional
- Green Bay Blizzard
The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. They are currently in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. ...
(arena footballArena football is a sport based upon American football. It is a proprietary game played indoors on a smaller field than American football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game. The sport was invented in 1986, and patented in 1990, by James F. Foster, a former executive of the United States...
)
- Green Bay Bullfrogs
The Green Bay Bullfrogs is a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, a summer collegiate baseball league. Their home games are played at Joannes Stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin...
(baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
)
- Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
(footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
)
Media
Green Bay is served by the
Green Bay Press-GazetteThe Green Bay Press-Gazette is a newspaper whose primary coverage is of northeastern Wisconsin, including Green Bay. It was founded as the Green Bay Gazette in 1866 as a weekly paper, becoming a daily newspaper in 1871. The Green Bay Gazette merged with its major competitor, the Green Bay Free...
. Another local newspaper, the
Green Bay News-ChronicleThe Green Bay News-Chronicle was a daily newspaper published in Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1972 to 2005. The paper was owned and operated by Denmark, Wisconsin-based Brown County Publishing Company during much of its existence, and competed with the larger and more established Green Bay...
, ceased publication in 2005.
- See also: List of radio stations in Green Bay, List of television stations in Green Bay
Major Employers
- Shopko Stores Operating Co.
- Schneider National
Schneider National, Inc. is the largest privately owned truckload carrier in North America. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the company maintains 23 regional operating centers in the United States. The company was founded in 1938 by A.J. Schneider....
- Schreiber Foods
Schreiber Foods, Inc., is the world's third largest cheese producer. It is an employee-owned customer brand cheese company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With over $3 billion in annual sales, it is the second largest privately held cheese company in the world and Kraft Foods...
- Wisconsin Public Service
- Humana
Humana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...
Insurance
- Associated Banc-Corp
Associated Banc-Corp is a bank holding company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As of early 2007, it had $20.8 billion in assets and was the 41st-largest bank holding company in the United States...
Points of interest
- Bay Beach Amusement Park
Bay Beach Amusement Park is a small amusement park near the mouth of the Fox River's east bank as it flows into the Bay of Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It features a few rides, but no roller coasters...
- Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
The Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena is a 5,248-seat multi-purpose arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, situated on the corner of Lombardi Avenue and Oneida Street across from Lambeau Field. It was the city and county's main indoor venue until the Resch Center opened in 2002...
- City Stadium
City Stadium is the name of a football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was the home of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1926 to 1956. It remains the home of the Green Bay East High School football team...
, former home of the Packers
- Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
The Cofrin Memorial Arboretum 290 acres surrounds the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Its six miles of trails are open to the public....
- Green Bay Botanical Garden
Green Bay Botanical Garden is a nonprofit botanical garden located at 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is open daily in the warmer months, or weekdays in the colder months; an admission fee is charged....
- The Broadway District
- Heritage Hill State Park
- Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...
, home of the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- Meyer Theater
- National Railroad Museum
The National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, in suburban Green Bay.The museum is one of the oldest institutions in the United States dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad history. It was founded in 1956 by community volunteers in...
- Neville Public Museum
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, also called NWTC, is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System...
- NEW Zoo
The Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo is a zoo located in the Brown County Reforestation Camp, 11 miles northwest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the United States...
- Resch Center
The Resch Center is a 10,200 seat multi-purpose arena in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. Built in 2002, it is the home of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team, the Green Bay Gamblers ice hockey team, and the Green Bay Blizzard arena football team. The arena was built next to...
, home of the Green Bay BlizzardThe Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. They are currently in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. ...
and Green Bay GamblersThe Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team in the East Division of the United States Hockey League. They play in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA at the Resch Center.-History:...
- Weidner Center
The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA and part of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. It is named after the university's founder, Dr. Edward Weidner. In addition to being the home of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's theatre and...
Shopping
Green Bay is home to two shopping malls, and dozens of strip malls. Green Bay is also home to the first Shopko discount department store, the Packers Pro Shop, The Cooks Corner Kitchen Store (relocated from
ManitowocManitowoc may refer to:* Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, a county in Wisconsin* Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the city in Wisconsin, county seat of Manitowoc County* The Manitowoc Company, heavy equipment manufacturers...
), and all kinds of unique shopping destinations.
- Bay Park Square & The Village at Bay Park
Built in 1980,
Bay Park Square is the main shopping center in the Green Bay area, being located in the suburb of Ashwaubenon. Bay Park Square is anchored by Shopko,
Kohl'sKohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. The company currently operates 1,022 stores in 49 states. Kohl's mission, as stated in store and online, is to be the leading value-oriented, family-focused, specialty...
, and
YounkersYounkers is an American department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer has since evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa and surrounding states in the Midwest region of the United States...
/Younkers Furniture Gallery, and has hundreds of specialty shops. Bay Park Square has a football stadium-themed food court filled with seven different eateries and two giant flatscreen television sets at both ends of the food court. Bay Park Cinema is located behind Shopko. Neighboring Bay Park Square, is a shopping plaza known as
The Village at Bay Park, home to Fashion Bug, JCPenney,
DSWDSW Inc. is a specialty branded footwear retailer, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.-History:DSW opened its first store in July 1991 in Dublin, Ohio. In 1998, Value City Department Stores, Inc. purchased DSW. In December 2004, Retail Ventures, Inc. consolidated several brands. Until July 5,...
, and a few specialty shops.
Built in 1982, and remodeled three times,
East Town Mall is a small shopping center/strip mall hybrid located on Green Bay's east side, near
Interstate 43Interstate 43 is a Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Wisconsin, connecting Interstate 39 and Interstate 90 in Beloit with Milwaukee and U.S. Route 41 and U.S. Route 141 in Green Bay. I-43 is the 5th longest intrastate Interstate Highway of the Interstate Highway system...
on East Mason Street. East Town's current anchors are
Hobby LobbyHobby Lobby is a privately held retail chain of arts and crafts stores based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is formally called Hobby Lobby Creative Centers....
, Fashion Bug, Office Max, Kohl's,
PetcoPETCO is a chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, it is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is now a private company held by Texas Pacific Group and Leonard Green & Partners...
, Shopko and
ALDI', short for "ALbrecht DIscount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany. The chain is made up of two separate groups, ALDI Nord and ALDI Süd , which operate independently from each other within specific market boundaries...
. East Town has around 10 specialty shops (and one restaurant) inside the climate-controlled interior, with room for a few more. A
budgetA budget is generally a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...
cinemaA movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
is also located inside the mall near Hobby Lobby.
Green Bay Plaza is a large strip mall located on Green Bay's west side at the Military Ave./West Mason St. intersection. It is currently anchored by
MichaelsMichaels is the largest arts and crafts retail chain in the world. It currently operates over 1,000 Michaels Arts and Crafts Stores located in 48 states and in Canada. The company also owns the Aaron Brothers, ReCollections, and Star Decorators Wholesale Warehouse retail chains. The corporate...
, Factory Card Outlet,
T.J. MaxxT.J. Maxx is a chain of American department stores owned by TJX Companies. It is the largest off-price apparel retailer in the United States offering brand name clothing, ladies footwear, bedding and domestics, furniture and giftware, jewelry, beauty products, handbags, and housewares...
,
HomeGoodsHomeGoods is a chain of home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies and has 270 stores across the US as of February 2007.HomeGoods operates the home furnishings sections of T.J. Maxx 'n More and Marshalls Mega Store stores....
, Office Depot, and a free-standing Sears department store. Green Bay Plaza also has numerous specialty shops and restaurants.
Notable residents
- Nate Abrams
Nathan Abrams was an American football end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Abrams came out of Green Bay East High School and played one professional game in 1921....
, NFL player
- John Anderson
John Anderson is a sports journalist from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a host of the ESPN TV program SportsCenter since June 1999. He lives in Southington, Connecticut.-Biography:...
– ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
Sportscenter anchor, attended Southwest High SchoolSouthwest High School, South West High School, or Southwestern High School can refer to:*Southwest High School , El Centro, California*Southwest Senior High School, San Diego, California...
- Claude-Jean Allouez
Claude Jean Allouez ; was a Jesuit missionary and French explorer of North America.Allouez was born in Saint-Didier-en-Velay in the département of Haute-Loire in south-central France. In 1639, he graduated from the College of Le Puy, and became a Jesuit novice in Toulouse, France. In 1655, he was...
- Jesuit missionary
- Ken Anderson - professional wrestler
- Tony Bennett – University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
men's basketballThe Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball program represents the University of Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA's Division I...
coach and former NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets, attended Preble High SchoolPreble High School is a public high school in the Green Bay, Wisconsin School District. The school draws students from Green Bay, Bellevue, and New Franken...
- Jason Berken
Jason Thomas Berken is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. He played for Clemson University and graduated from West De Pere High School....
- MLB player
- Karen Borca
Karen Borca is an American free jazz bassoonist.Borca studied music at the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1971. While there she met Cecil Taylor, who taught there during the 1970/71 academic year; she acted as his teaching assistant and played with him in the Cecil Taylor Unit...
- musician
- Eric Bray
Arctic Hospital is an American DJ and record producer. He began DJing industrial and EBM at age 14, and began producing urban techno on a Macintosh using the software sequencer Logic when he was 17...
- record producer
- Dan Buenning
Dan Robert Buenning is an American football guard who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin....
– guardIn American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
for the NFL Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, attended Bay Port High SchoolBay Port High School is a public high school located in Suamico, Wisconsin. Founded in 1963, it had a graduating class of 30 in 1964. Its enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year was a little over 1,675....
- Art Bultman
Arthur Frank Bultman was an American football center in the National Football League who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Bultman played collegiate ball for Indiana University and Marquette University. He played professionally for 4 seasons in the NFL before retiring in...
- NFL player for the Brooklyn DodgersThe Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...
and the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- John W. Byrnes
John William Byrnes was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1945 until 1973, when he did not seek reelection. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate.-External links:...
- U.S. Representative
- George Whitney Calhoun
George Whitney Calhoun was a sports and telegraph editor for the Press-Gazette of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. A native of Green Bay, Calhoun was a co-founder of the Green Bay Packers with Curly Lambeau, and was the team's first publicity director.Calhoun wrote the The Dope Sheet, which served as...
- co-founder of the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- Raymond Joseph Cannon
Raymond Joseph Cannon was an attorney, baseball player and Democratic politician who represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in the Congress from 1933 to 1939....
- U.S. Representative, MLB player, attorney for Jack DempseyJack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records...
and the accused players of the Black Sox ScandalThe Black Sox Scandal refers to an incident that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name "Black Sox" also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that era. Eight members of the major league franchise were banned for life from baseball for throwing games, and...
- Jim Crowley
James H. "Jim" Crowley , American Football player and coach born in Chicago, Illinois, who gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield .-College playing career:...
– one-fourth of the University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
's legendary "Four HorsemenThe Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the legendary backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team...
" backfield
- Jerry Daanen
Jerry Daanen was a player in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1968-1970 as a wide receiver. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Miami.-Biography:...
- NFL player
- Jay DeMerit
Jay Michael DeMerit is an American soccer player. He is a centre back and currently plays for and captains Watford in the English Football League Championship.-Career:...
– player for Watford F.C.Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the Championship. The club was founded in 1881, first playing at Cassio Road ground, before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922, where they remain to this day. Since 1997, they have shared the...
in the Football League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League.The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004–05 season,...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and the United States men's national soccer teamThe United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international football competitions and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. Though soccer has not traditionally had a high profile in American sporting life, the sport has steadily grown in popularity since the 1970s...
, attended Bay Port High SchoolBay Port High School is a public high school located in Suamico, Wisconsin. Founded in 1963, it had a graduating class of 30 in 1964. Its enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year was a little over 1,675....
- Frank Joseph Dewane
Frank Joseph Dewane is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Bishop of Venice in Florida.-Biography:...
- American prelate of the Roman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
- James Duane Doty
James Duane Doty was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played a large role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory.-Legal career:...
- U.S. Representative
- Jim Flanigan
James Michael Flanigan, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle that played in the National Football League from 1994–2003. Most of his success came when he was with the Chicago Bears from 1994–2000. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame...
- NFL player for the Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
, San Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team. The team plays its home games in San Francisco, California, while the club's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara...
, and the Philadelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Admiral James H. Flatley
Vice Admiral James Henry "Jimmy" Flatley Jr. was a World War II naval aviator and tactician for the United States Navy-Early life:...
– World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
naval aviatorAn aviator is a person who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887 as a variation of the French 'aviation', from the latin 'avis', coined 1863 by G. de la Landelle in "Aviation ou Navigation Aérienne"...
- Milo Flynn
Milo Flynn served in the United States Army during World War II with the 5th Infantry Division and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.His award citation reads:Flynn's official residence was listed as Green Bay, Wisconsin....
- Distinguished Service CrossThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high...
recipient
- Ted Fritsch
Ted Fritsch was an American basketball and football player who played running back for the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1951. He also played two seasons for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League. His son, Ted Fritsch, Jr. also played in the NFL in the 1970s.He died in...
- NFL player
- Ted Fritsch, Jr.
Theodore Edward Fritsch, Jr. is a former American football center in the National Football League. His father Ted Fritsch played for the Green Bay Packers in the 1940s. Fritsch played college football at St. Norbert College. He now lives in Marietta, Georgia with his wife, Roberta. He has...
- NFL player
- Rebecca Giddens
Rebecca Giddens is a United States slalom canoer. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Athens in 2004....
- world champion canoer, OlympicThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
medalist
- Richard Gilliam
Richard Gilliam is a short story author and the editor of such theme anthologies as Confederacy of the Dead , Phobias and the Grails series...
– fantasy author and editor
- Sally Anne Golden
Sally Anne Golden was born Sally Annaźecsky Goldenni in Dresden, Germany. She and her family immigrated to the United States, settling in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Upon arriving her name was changed to Sally Anne Golden. Golden made brief appearances in three films. She was being the oldest cast...
- actress
- Mark Andrew Green - U.S. diplomat
- John A. Gronouski
John Austin Gronouski was the Wisconsin state commissioner of taxation and the United States Postmaster General.-Biography:...
- U.S. Postmaster General
- Roger Harring
Roger Harring was an American college football coach. He won 340 games over forty two seasons at both the high school and college levels. After graduating from University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Harring coached high school football in Wisconsin...
– football coach, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
- Arnie Herber
Arnold "Arnie" Charles Herber was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966...
- NFL player for the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
and New York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex...
, member of the Pro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, United States, on September 7 1963 with 17 charter inductees...
- Jim Hobbins
Jim Hobbins was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1987 as a guard. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Minnesota....
- NFL player
- Joel Hodgson
Joel Gordon Hodgson is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com...
– creator and star of the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc...
, graduated from Ashwaubenon High School in 1979
- John S. Horner
John Scott Horner also known as Little Jack Horner was a U.S. politician, Secretary and acting Governor of Michigan Territory, 1835-1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1837.-Early life:...
- Governor of Michigan TerritoryThe Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan...
- Timothy O. Howe
Timothy Otis Howe was a member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as U.S...
- U.S. Postmaster General
- Thomas R. Hudd
Thomas Richard Hudd was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Buffalo, New York, Hudd moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois, in 1842 and to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1853....
- U.S. Representative
- Milo Huempfner
Milo Huempfner served in the United States Army during World War II with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. He would be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Bulge....
- Distinguished Service CrossThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high...
recipient
- Joshua L. Johns
Joshua Leroy Johns was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in the town of Eagle, Johns attended the public schools.He engaged in banking in Richland Center, Wisconsin from 1902 to 1905....
- U.S. Representative
- Jay W. Johnson
Jay W. Johnson was the director of the United States Mint, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin, and a former television news anchor in the Green Bay area....
- U.S. Representative, Director of the U.S. Mint
- Fee Klaus
Fee Klaus was a professional football player for the Green Bay Packers in 1921 as a center.-External links:*...
- professional football player
- Greg Knafelc
Gregory Kurt "Greg" Knafelc is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played for the New Orleans Saints in 1983. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Notre Dame....
- NFL player
- Christopher Knight
Christopher Michael Knight is a popular ezine publisher and email deliverability expert known for his weekly newsletter, Ezine-Tips, that was started in 1998. Chris is also the author of the ISP Marketing Survival Guide and the author of Article Production Strategies ....
- author and publisher
- Jim Knipfel
Jim Knipfel , is an American novelist, autobiographer, and journalist.A native of Wisconsin, Knipfel, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, is the author of a series of critically acclaimed memoirs, Slackjaw, Quitting the Nairobi Trio, and Ruining It for Everybody, as well as two novels, The...
- author
- Thomas F. Konop
Thomas Frank Konop was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Franklin, Wisconsin, Konop was studied at Two Rivers High School, Oshkosh State Normal School , and Northern Illinois College of Law.He graduated from the law department of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1904.He was...
- U.S. Representative
- Tod Kowalczyk
Tod Kowalczyk is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.- Tod Kowalczyk's career record :...
- head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team
- Edward Krause
For the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, see Moose Krause.Edward Krause was an officer in the United States Army during World War II who served as commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division...
, Distinguished Service CrossThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high...
recipient
- George F. Kress – paper maker; invented a process for (fluting) corrugated containers, pioneer of paper recycling
- Bob Kroll
Robert Lee Kroll is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Kroll played collegiate ball for Northern Michigan University and played professionally for 1 season, in 1972.-References:...
- NFL player
- Gary Kroner
Gary Kroner was a player in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos from 1965 to 1967. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
- professional football player
- Jeff Kurtenacker
Jeff Kurtenacker is a free-lance and contract music composer for video games, television, radio, and film. He was co-composer on the major release Pirates of the Burning Sea by Flying Labs Software, released in January 2008, and worked on World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3 as a choral arranger and...
- composer
- Gustav Kustermann
Gustav Küstermann was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1907 until 1911, when he was defeated for reelection....
- U.S. Representative.
- Curly Lambeau
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team.-Founding of the Green Bay Packers:...
– founder, player, and first coach of the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- Alfred Lawson
Alfred William Lawson was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the U.S. aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals...
- credited as inventor of the airlinerAn airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such planes are owned by airlines....
- Barbara Lawton
Barbara Lawton is an American politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin and member of the Democratic Party. She is the incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and is currently running for Governor. She became the first woman elected to the position in 2002, as the running mate of current Democratic...
- Lieutenant Governor of WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
- Wes Leaper
Wes Leaper was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1923 as an end. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
- NFL player
- James Loy - Silver Star
The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is also the third highest award given for valor ....
recipient
- Pat MacDonald
Pat MacDonald is an American musician and songwriter. He is most famous as singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for Timbuk3, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987. He formed the duo with his then wife, Barbara K. MacDonald in Madison, Wisconsin in 1984 before moving to Austin,...
– singer in Timbuk3
- Stephen Mack, Jr.
Stephen Mack, Jr.. adventurer and pioneer, American Fur Company employee, founder of Rockton, Illinois.-Background and early life 1798-1819:...
- adventurer, founder of Rockton, IllinoisRockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States located on the banks of the Rock River. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Jim Magnuson
James Robert Magnuson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Chicago White Sox and in with the New York Yankees. He batted right and threw left-handed...
- MLB player
- Charlie Mathys
Charlie Mathys was an American football player, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who played running back for one season for the Hammond Pros and five seasons for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. He played college football at Ripon College and Indiana University. He was inducted...
- NFL player for the Hammond ProsThe Hammond Pros from Hammond, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1926 as a traveling team. The Pros were established by Paul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young who was a, boxing promoter, owner of a racing stable and a doctor and trainer for a semi-pro football operated by the...
and Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- William Emery Merrill
William Emery Merrill was an American soldier and military engineer. He was born at Fort Howard, Wisconsin, USA, graduated first in his class at West Point in 1859, and from September, 1860, to July, 1861, was assistant professor of engineering there.In the Civil War, he served as assistant...
- military engineer
- Terrie Miller
Terrie Miller is a Norwegian swimmer, born in the United States.She competed at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1996, where she won a gold medal in 100 m breaststroke, and a silver medal in 50 m breaststroke....
- OlympicThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
athlete
- Beth Moore
Beth Moore is an American evangelist, author, teacher. Moore founded , a biblically-based organization for women, in 1994. It is based in Houston, Texas, and it primarily focuses on aiding women who desire to model their lives on evangelical Christian principles....
- evangelical
- James Mulva
James J. Mulva is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ConocoPhillips. Mr. Mulva served as president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company from 1999 to 2002...
– Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ConocoPhilips
- Brian Noble
Brian Noble is a former American football linebacker who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1985-1993. After retiring from the National Football League, Noble went on to produce his own outdoor television program called Hitting the Outdoors which aired throughout the Midwest...
- NFL player
- Dominic Olejniczak
Dominic Olejniczak was the mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin and was President and Chairman of the Board of the Green Bay Packers.Olejniczak was born on August 18, 1908 to John A. and Victoria Olejniczak in Green Bay, Wisconsin....
- Mayor of Green Bay, President and Chairman of the Board of the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein , was a leading American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century...
– a composer/pianist, finished his life in Green Bay
- Dave Pirner
Dave Pirner is an American singer, best known for being the lead vocalist for the band, Soul Asylum.-Biography:...
- lead singer of Soul AsylumSoul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in 1984...
- Michael Platten
Michael Platten served in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.His award citation reads:...
- Distinguished Service CrossThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high...
recipient
- Ken Radick
Ken Radick was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930 and 1931. He played at the collegiate level at Indiana University and Marquette University....
- NFL player for the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
and Brooklyn DodgersThe Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...
- John W. Reynolds
John W. Reynolds was an American politician and federal judge. A Democrat, he served as the 36th governor of Wisconsin....
– Governor of Wisconsin
- Philip Robinson
For the conductor, see Philip Robinson.For the jockey, see Philip P. Robinson.Philip Robinson was an officer in the United States Army during World War I...
- Distinguished Service CrossThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high...
recipient
- Chuck Sample
Chuck Sample was a played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1942 and 1945 as a fullback. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Toledo....
- NFL player
- Mary Sauer
Mary Sauer-Vincent is an American pole vaulter. Her personal best jump is 4.65 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Madrid....
- pole vaulter
- Tyler Schott – award-winning playwright and touring actor
- Joe Secord
Joe Secord was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1922 as a center....
- NFL player
- Lauren Sesselmann
Lauren Marie Sesselmann is an American soccer player for Sky Blue FC of WPS.Sesselmann played collegiately at Purdue University from 2001 through 2005, where she set six records for the Boilermakers in points, goals, assists, game-winning goals, multiple-goal games and shots on goal registered...
- professional soccer player
- Tony Shalhoub
Anthony Marcus "Tony" Shalhoub is a Lebanese-American actor, best known for his role as obsessive-compulsive sleuth Adrian Monk on the TV series Monk.-Early life:...
– actor in the TV series, MonkMonk is an American crime drama, created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular Adrian Monk. It is primarily a mystery series, although the show also features broadly comic touches. The show debuted on July 12, 2002, on the USA Network...
, attended Green Bay East High SchoolGreen Bay East High School is a public high school in the Green Bay Area Public School District serving Green Bay, Wisconsin and its surrounding communities . The school's street address is 1415 East Walnut Street.-History:East High School has been located in three buildings over its 145-year history...
- Jared Siefert
Jared Siefert is an American racecar driver from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was the 2007 IMCA Modified national champion. His father, Art, is another IMCA Modified driver.-Racing career:...
- IMCAIMCA Modified is the top division sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. The series began in 1979.The car bodies are a hybrid of an open wheel car and a stock car. The front tires have no body around them like an open wheel car, and the back wheels have a body around them like a...
driver, 2007 series champion
- Mona Simpson
Mona E. Simpson is a novelist and essayist. She was born to an American mother, Joanne Carole Schieble, and a Syrian father, political science professor Abdulfattah John Jandali. She is the younger sister of Steve Jobs, co-founder and current CEO of Apple...
– novelist and essayist; younger sister of Steve JobsSteven Paul "Steve" Jobs is an American businessman, and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs previously served as CEO of Pixar Animation Studios....
, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.; wife of Richard AppelRichard James Appel is a writer and producer of TV shows. While attending Harvard University he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.-Bio:...
, a writer for The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
. Homer Simpson's mother is named after her.
- Walter Wellesley Smith
Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith was an American sportswriter who rose to become one of America's most widely read sports columnists.-Career:...
(1905-1982) – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
- Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. After making his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics miniseries of the same name, and...
– director of Dawn of the DeadDawn of the Dead is a American horror remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film of the same name. The remake and original both depict a handful of human survivors living in a shopping mall surrounded by swarms of zombies, but the details differ significantly...
(2004 version) and 300300 is a American action film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant...
.
- Aaron Stecker
Aaron Stecker is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 1999...
– running backA running back is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield...
for the NFL New Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, attended Ashwaubenon High SchoolAshwaubenon High School is a high school in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, a suburb of Green Bay.-Academics:Ashwaubenon High School is home to many academic traditions.-Technology:...
- Horst Stemke
Horst Stemke is a retired U.S. soccer defender who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Youth:...
- OlympicThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
athlete
- Kevin Stemke
Kevin Stemke is a former professional American football punter.He is the son of Horst Stemke....
- NFL player
- Jerry Tagge
Jerry Lee Tagge is a former football quarterback.- Early life :Jerry Tagge was born at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, the third child and second son of William Robert Tagge and Lois Jurczyk Tagge....
- NFL player
- Margaret Teele
Margaret Teele is an American television and motion picture actress who appeared in "Gomer Pyle", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Batman", "The Rounders" and "Captain Nice" and other television shows as well as films such as "The Silencers", "Way Way Out", "Hook, Line & Sinker", "The Unkissed Bride"...
(Margaret Poby) – 1960s TV and movie actress, attended St. Joseph's Academy (now Notre Dame de la Baie Academy)
- Niccole Tiffany – "Teacher of the Year" award winner, 2000-2004, 2007
- Ron Vander Kelen
Ronald Vander Kelen is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played for the Minnesota Vikings...
- NFL player
- Brad Voyles
Bradley Roy Voyles is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He pitched in 40 games for the Kansas City Royals from 2001 to 2003....
- MLB player
- Louise A. Weitzel (1862-1934) – Pennsylvania Dutch
The Pennsylvania Dutch are the descendants of Germanic peoples who emigrated to the U.S. , from Germany and The Low Countries prior to 1800. The Dutch are generally regarded as one of several Germanic peoples...
poet
- Charlie Whitehurst
Charlie David Whitehurst is a third-string quarterback for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. While playing college football at Clemson University Whitehurst became the first quarterback to go 4-0 in the rivalry between Clemson and the University of South Carolina, including the...
- NFL player
- Bob Wickman
Robert Joe Wickman is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Wickman played for the New York Yankees , Milwaukee Brewers , Cleveland Indians , Atlanta Braves , and Arizona Diamondbacks...
– Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
pitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is...
for the Arizona DiamondbacksThe Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
.
- Vince Workman
Vincent "Vince" Workman is a former professional American football running back who was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1989 NFL Draft. Workman played eight seasons in the NFL from 1989 to 1996 for the Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers and the...
- NFL player
- Dick Zoll
Dick Zoll was a player in the National Football League for the Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers from 1937 to 1939 as a guard and tackle. He played at the collegiate level at Indiana University-Bloomington....
- NFL player for the Cleveland RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team has won three NFL Championships, including one Super Bowl.The Rams began...
and Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
- Cooper Diedrich - Drummer
- Isaiah Martin - Crip
Mayors
- W. C. E. Thomas
William C. E. Thomas , was the first mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.He was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania, and moved to Green Bay in 1849. He became a tanner and became mayor in 1854. He was an agent of the American Express office from the establishment of the Green Bay branch in 1857 until 1871...
1854
- Francis X. Desnoyers 1855
- H. E. Eastman 1856, 1857
- Burley Follett 1858, 1863
- E. H. Ellis 1860
- Henry S. Baird 1861, 1862
- Nathan Goodell 1859, 1864
- M. P. Lindsley 1865
- Charles. D. Robinson 1866,1872
- James S. Marshall 1867
- Anton Klaus 1868,1869, 1870
- Alonzo Kimball 1871, 1873
- Dr. C. E. Crane 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879
- F. S. Ellis 1876
- J. C. Neville 1880
- J. H. M. Wigman 1882
- W. J. Abrams 1881,1883, 1884
- Charles Hartung 1885, 1886, 1887
- Arthur C. Neville 1888,1889
- James H. Elmore 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
- Frank B. Desnoyers 1896, 1897, 1898
- Simon J. Murphy, Jr. 1899,1900, 1901
- J. H. Tayler 1902, 1903
- Robert E. Minahan 1904-1907
- Winford Abrams 1908-1916
- Elmer S. Hall 1916-1920
- W. Wiesner 1921-1927
- James H. McGillan 1927–1929
- John V. Diener 1929–1937
- John S. Farrell 1937–1938
- Alex Biemeret 1938–1945
- Dominic Olejniczak
Dominic Olejniczak was the mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin and was President and Chairman of the Board of the Green Bay Packers.Olejniczak was born on August 18, 1908 to John A. and Victoria Olejniczak in Green Bay, Wisconsin....
1945–1955
- Otto Rachals 1955–1959
- Roman Denissen 1959–1965
- Donald Tilleman 1965–1972
- Harris Burgoyne 1972–1973
- Thomas Atkinson 1973–1975
- Michael Monfils 1975–1979
- Samuel J. Halloin 1979–1995
- Paul F. Jadin 1995–2003
- James J. Schmitt 2003–
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