The Mullet River is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Sheboygan River

Sheboygan River

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, 40 miles (64 km) long, in eastern Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 in the United States

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. Via the Sheboygan, it is part of the watershed

Drainage basin

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 of Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

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, draining an area of 88 square miles (228 km²) in a primarily agricultural

Agriculture

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 area of the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands

Eastern Ridges and Lowlands

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 region of Wisconsin.

The Mullet River issues from Mullet Lake in the town of Forest

Forest, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

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 in eastern Fond du Lac County

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

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 and flows generally eastwardly into Sheboygan County, passing through the village of Glenbeulah

Glenbeulah, Wisconsin

Glenbeulah is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Mullet River. The population was 378 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and the city of Plymouth

Plymouth, Wisconsin

Plymouth is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, along the Mullet River. The population was 7,781 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located within the Town of Plymouth, but is politically independent...

. It joins the Sheboygan River from the south in the city of Sheboygan Falls

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

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. , there were five dam

Dam

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s on the river. In the town of Greenbush

Greenbush, Wisconsin

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 in western Sheboygan County, the Wisconsin Historical Society

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 maintains a functioning replica of the Herrling Sawmill on the river; the original turbine

Turbine

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-powered sawmill

Sawmill

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 stood on the same location from 1854 to 1910.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System

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, the Mullet River has also been known as "Mullet Creek," and by the spelling "Mullett River." The United States Board on Geographic Names

United States Board on Geographic Names

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issued a decision clarifying "Mullet River" as the stream's name in 1976.