Cheeses of Plymouth, Wisconsin
A Sheboygan County town that calls itself a cheese capital, once home of the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange.
Made, aged and sold here
Best time: June to October.
Plymouth is a small city in Sheboygan County, eastern Wisconsin, close to Lake Michigan and the Kettle Moraine. For much of the twentieth century it set cheese prices for the nation: the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange was founded here in 1918. Large cheese plants and many family dairies still surround the town, which keeps the title of a cheese capital.
Cheese and trade
The farms around Plymouth produce milk for cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack and mozzarella, much of it cut, packed and shipped from local plants. The cheese exchange that began here moved to Green Bay and later to Chicago, but the town's link with the cheese business has continued. Shops sell fresh cheese curds, aged cheddar and local sausage.
Kettle Moraine country
The land around Plymouth was shaped by glaciers into hills, kettle lakes and ridges, now protected in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Farms with red barns and silos fill the valleys. Sheboygan, on the lakeshore, is known for bratwurst, and the area's German and Dutch heritage shows in its food.
A trail idea for Plymouth, Wisconsin
- Downtown Plymouth Look for cheese counters and the local history displays.
- Dairy farm roads Drive past the farms that supply the cheese plants.
- Kettle Moraine State Forest Walk the glacial ridges and lakes.
- Sheboygan Eat a bratwurst on the Lake Michigan shore.
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