Fish Creek is an unincorporated community located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, within the town of Gibraltar.Map of Chambers Island and Fish Creek, Door County Land Use Services Dept, August 16, 2017 (Archived April 9, 2019) It is located on Highway 42 along Green Bay.Hometown Locator
History Fish Creek sits on the site of a Menominee and Ojibwa village known as Ma-go-she-kah-ning, or "trout fishing".Romance of Wisconsin Place Names by Robert E. Gard and L. G. Sorden, New York: October House, Inc. 1968, page 42 The first settler of Fish Creek was Increase Claflin and his family circa 1844,Door County Visitor Bureau. and the village founder is considered to be entrepreneur Asa Thorp. Loggers and fishermen started settling in Fish Creek in 1853. Thorp owned much of the area's land by that year, and built Fish Creek's first dock in 1855. The first post office began in 1866 in the kitchen of John Brown's home.History of Fish Creek Post Office Related at Dedication by Elinor Maahs, Door County Advocate, Volume 99, Number 55, September 27, 1960, page 2 Fish Creek's oldest unchanged residence, the Alexander Noble House, was built in 1875 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fish Creek is adjacent to Peninsula State Park, whose main entrance is in the village. Historical landmarks Freeman and Jesse Thorp House and Cottages Vorous General Store
Climate
Education Gibraltar Area Schools serves the community. Gibraltar Elementary SchoolGibraltar Elementary School , gibraltar.k12.wi.us and Gibraltar Secondary SchoolGibraltar Elementary School , gibraltar.k12.wi.us are the two schools.Gibraltar Area Schools, Gibraltar Area School District, (Archived July 14, 2014)
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External links
Fish Creek Civic Association Fish Creek & Ephraim tour video, Around the Corner with John McGivern, Episode #612, PBS (Archived April 19, 2020)