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Baileys Harbor is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2000 census . The unincorporated community of Peninsula Center is located in the town.
Baileys Harbor is an unincorporated census-designated place in Door County, within the town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 57 northeast of Jacksonport. [1] As of the 2010 census, its population was 257. [2]
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club United States: Boothbay Harbor, Maine: 1895 Boston Yacht Club United States: Marblehead, Massachusetts: 1866 Buffalo Yacht Club United States: Buffalo, NY: 1860 Burnham Park Yacht Club United States: Chicago, IL: 1938 Capital Yacht Club United States: Washington DC: 1892 Cedar Point Yacht Club United States
The Peoria, which was declared a loss in 1880 and again in 1901, is the fourth shipwreck in Door County waters this year to join the historic register.
Peninsula Center is an unincorporated community in the town of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Peninsula Center is located at the junction of County Trunk Highway A (CTH-A) and CTH-E, which is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Egg Harbor .
Door County's name came from Porte des Morts ("Death's Door"), the passage between the tip of Door Peninsula and Washington Island. [5] The name "Death's Door" came from Native American tales, heard by early French explorers and published in greatly embellished form by Hjalmar Holand, which described a failed raid by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe to capture Washington Island from the rival ...
The range lights replaced the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1870 at a cost of $6,000. [8] They are approximately 980 feet (300 m) apart and aligned on a 340° bearing line to guide boats safely into the harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, as
This area is known to the Potawatomi as Wah-ya-qua-kah-me-kong, for "head of the land" or "land's end". [2] Today the area is named for Elias Gill, a local 19th century landowner.