Editing Sevastopol, Wisconsin

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'''Sevastopol''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ə|ˈ|v|æ|s|t|ə|p|oʊ|l}} {{respell|sə|VASS|tə|pohl}})<ref>[http://www.misspronouncer.com/ MissPronouncer.com: A HALFWAY DECENT AUDIO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR WISCONSIN]</ref> is a town in [[Door County, Wisconsin|Door County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 2,667 at the 2000 census.

== Communities ==

* '''Institute''' is an unincorporated community mainly along [[WIS 57]] at County Road I's eastern terminus. Containing the current town hall for the town, Institute was named for a Roman Catholic boarding school that once stood there.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190409220832/http://map.co.door.wi.us/gis-lio/maps/Sev-East.pdf Map of the Town of Sevastopol (east)], Door County Land Use Services Department, August 16, 2017 (Archived April 9, 2019)</ref><ref>[http://doorcountyhistory.com/place.htm Door County Place Names] and [http://genealogytrails.com/wis/door/history/history1917_chapter22.htm Chapter XXII History of Door County Churches] in ''History of Door County, Wisconsin, The County Beautiful'' by Hjalmar R. Holand (1917), section on St. Aloysius Institute</ref>
* '''Little Harbor''' is a small unincorporated community along County Road B at the harbor of the same name.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190409220834/http://map.co.door.wi.us/gis-lio/maps/Sev-West.pdf Map of the Town of Sevastopol (west)], Door County Land Use Services Department, August 16, 2017 (Archived April 9, 2019)</ref>
* '''Valmy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|æ|l|m|i}} {{respell|VAL|mee}})<ref>[http://www.misspronouncer.com/ MissPronouncer.com: A HALFWAY DECENT AUDIO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR WISCONSIN]</ref> is an unincorporated community mainly centered around the intersection of WIS 57 and County Road T. The community serves as a gateway to the nearby [[Whitefish Dunes State Park]] as well as Cave Point County Park.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="RMN">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DB3132B374FD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=WISCONSIN'S DOOR COUNTY OPENS ON THE BEAUTIES OF AUTUMN|author=Michael And Jean Muckian|date=September 6, 1992|publisher=Rocky Mountain News|access-date=July 5, 2009}}</ref>
* '''[[Whitefish Bay, Door County, Wisconsin|Whitefish Bay]]''' is an unincorporated community located at the intersection of County Road T and Whitefish Bay Road.<ref name=":0" />

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|town]] has a total area of 90.6&nbsp;square miles (234.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 51.8&nbsp;square miles (134.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 38.7&nbsp;square miles (100.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (42.75%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,667 people, 1,076 households, and 825 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 51.4 people per square mile (19.9/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 1,554 housing units at an average density of 30.0 per square mile (11.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.09% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.75% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.64% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.35% of the population.

There were 1,076 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $47,227, and the median income for a family was $52,125. Males had a median income of $33,152 versus $22,632 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $24,150. About 5.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Climate==
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== Plant collections ==
=== Potatoes ===
The U.S. Potato [[Gene bank|Genebank]] at the Peninsular Research Station just north of Sturgeon Bay<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Gary|title=Door County's Potato Genebank
|url=https://doorcountypulse.com/door-countys-potato-genebank/|access-date=January 22, 2019|work=Door County Pulse|date=September 16, 2009}}, also see [https://www.nimss.org/projects/view/mrp/outline/16896 NRSP6: The US Potato Genebank: Acquisition, Classification, Preservation, Evaluation and Distribution of Potato (Solanum) Germplasm]</ref> is the world's second largest [[Botanical garden|living collection]] of wild potatoes with 65 wild species in 2010. Altogether in 2010 it held 5,277 total collections, the fifth highest number of total collections worldwide and accounting for a little over 5% of the total worldwide.<ref>Table 3 List of holders of ex situ collections of potato germplasm (Solanum sp.) in [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374561/ Diversity of potato genetic resources] by Ryoko Machida-Hirano, ''Breed Sci. 65''(1), 2015 March, pages 26–40</ref>  During fiscal year 2019, 10,042 samples from the collection were distributed to academics and businesses with 6,659 distributed domestically and 3,383 exported to other nations.<ref>[https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/274/Bamberg%20TAC/ar2019.pdf Annual Report FY 2019] by the NRSP-6: United States Potato Genebank , page 6</ref> Grapes, orchard trees, and field crops are also grown at the research station.<ref>[https://doorcountypulse.com/studying-apples-grapes-cherries-and-plums/ A look behind the scenes at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station] by Erica Bouska, ''Peninsula Pulse'' July 6, 2022</ref>

=== Garden plants ===
A [[master gardener program|master gardeners]] association operates a one-acre botanical garden on the Peninsular Research Station grounds with about 350 varieties of plants.<ref>[http://www.dcmga.org/uploads/7/8/5/0/78507148/tgd_fact_sheet.pdf The Garden Door Fact Sheet] by the Door County Master Gardeners Association, Accessed December 18, 2019</ref>

== Gallery ==
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|File:Stream at the Shivering Sands Preserve, Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Stream at the Shivering Sands Preserve
|File:Boardwalk at the Shivering Sands Preserve, Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Boardwalk at the Shivering Sands Preserve
|File:Cave Point County Park sign, Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Cave Point County Park
|File:WhitefishDunesStateParkSign.jpg|[[Whitefish Dunes State Park]]
|File:Side view of the rock cut at the Old Stone Quarry, Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Rock cut at the Old Stone Quarry, now George K. Pinney County Park
|File:Chateau Hutter resort, Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin 1955 (cropped).png|The now-defunct Chateau Hutter resort<ref>[https://doorcountypulse.com/missing-link-the-lost-course-at-chateau-hutter/ Missing Link: The Lost Course at Chateau Hutter] by Craig Sterrett, ''Peninsula Pulse'', December 10, 2021, and [https://doorcountypulse.com/the-resort-that-never-was/ Chateau Hutter: Door County’s Grand Resort that Never Was] by Myles Dannhausen Jr., ''Door County Living'', July 1, 2014</ref> in 1955
|File:Institute, WI.jpg|Institute, Wisconsin, 2013, Wisconsin Highway 57, looking south toward town|File:ValmyWisconsinSignWIS57.jpg|Looking east at the welcome sign on WIS 57|File:Whitefish Bay Wisconsin Winter Shoreline Lake Michigan (31243197973).jpg|Whitefish Bay Area on January 1, 2017|File:Little Harbor, WI Welcome Sign.jpg|Welcome sign for Little Harbor on County Road B}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtTDYL_q0sg My 87 Years in Sevastopol], presented by George Evenson, Sevastopol Historical Society, ''Sevastopol TV'', November 12, 2015

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