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the city in central Brown County

De Pere (/d//i// /'/p//ɪər/ deePEER) is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,410 at the 2020 census. De Pere is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.

When the first European, Jean Nicolet, visited the place in 1634–35, De Pere was the site of a polyglot settlement of several thousand attracted by the fishing at the first rapids of the Fox River. In 1671, French Jesuit explorer Père Claude Jean Allouez founded the St. Francis Xavier Mission at the last set of rapids on the Fox River before it enters The Bay of Green Bay. The site was known as Rapides Des Pères (rapids of the fathers) which became modern day De Pere. The present city of De Pere had its beginnings in 1836, when John Penn Arndt and Charles Tullar incorporated the De Pere Hydraulic Company and drew up the first plat of the town. In 1837, a popular vote established De Pere as the county seat of Brown County; it maintained this status until 1854, when another election moved the county seat to Green Bay. Politically, under the first township plan for Brown County, the area that is now the city of De Pere fell on the boundary between the town of Howard (which comprised much of the area west of the Fox River) and the town of "Mason", which comprised roughly the southern half of the county. In 1838, the area was first formally established by the territorial government as a separate township entity. At that time it was named the town of "Wilcox", for Randall Wilcox, who was then president of the De Pere Hydraulic Company, and it comprised most of the area of the current city of De Pere as well as the area that is now the town of Ledgeview, Wisconsin. In 1839, the town of Wilcox was divided along the Fox River, with the eastern half becoming the town of De Pere (Ledgeview); the area west of the river was re integrated into the town of Howard. St. Norbert College, which abuts the banks of the Fox River on the city's west side near the Claude Allouez Bridge, was founded by Norbertine Abbot Pennings in 1898.

De Pere has several areas on the National Register of Historic Places. North Broadway Street Historic District is listed as #83003368. Large homes line Broadway, Ridgeway Blvd., Morris, Fulton, Franklin, Cass, Front, and Wisconsin Streets near the Fox River. The De Pere Lock and Dam Historic District (#93001331) was added in 1993. The Union Hotel was added to the list in 2003. The Randall Avenue Historic District was added in 2007. The Edwin and Jennie Gutknecht House was listed in 2015. The St. Norbert College Historic District was added to the list in 2018. The Mansion Street World War II Defense Housing Historic District and the Daviswood Ranch Homes Historic District were added to the list in 2021.

De Pere is located at (44.4460910, −88.0740510). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 12.30 square miles (32 km2), of which 11.58 square miles (30 km2) is land and 0.72 square miles (2 km2) is water.

As of the census of 2020, the population was 25,410. The population density was There were 10,305 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 87.9% White, 2.1% Asian, 1.9% Black or African American, 1.3% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 5.2% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 4.2% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

As of the census of 2010, there were 23,800 people, 9,254 households, and 5,869 families living in the city. The population density was There were 9,742 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 94.0% White, 0.9% African American, 1.2% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.1% of the population. There were 9,254 households, of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.6% were non families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.97. The median age in the city was 33.7 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 14.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.

De Pere is represented by Mike Gallagher in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin in the United States Senate. André Jacque represents De Pere in the Wisconsin State Senate, while Shae Sortwell represents De Pere in the Wisconsin State Assembly. De Pere has a mayor council form of government with a full time city administrator. The mayor is elected. The city council consists of eight alderpersons, two elected from each of four districts. All elected officials serve two year terms.

Interstate 41 travels north–south on the west side of De Pere. Wisconsin Highway 32/Wisconsin Highway 57 enter De Pere from the south and split in the middle of De Pere. WIS 32 heads east–west through De Pere before turning north. WIS 57 continues straight north. There is limited transit service operated by Green Bay Metro and the CN provides freight railroad service. The Fox River is navigable for boat and canoe traffic with the exception of a dam.