Sturgeon Bay is a town in Door County, Wisconsin.

A Potawatomi village on the eastern shore (now the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal) was known as Onegahning, which means "to carry a canoe back and forth".

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 865 people, 356 households, and 273 families residing in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 96.53% White, 2.31% Native American, 0.12% Asian, and 1.04% from two or more races.

19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.