The town was organized November 17, 1859. Its first name was Laurieville. This name did not suit the farmers of the town... Sebastopol was suggested by J.P. Simon as a fitting suggestion of the town's future greatness. This name was adopted... An error in the spelling occurred and thus we have Sevastopol.

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[Source: Holand. History of Door County, Wisconsin, v.1, p. 323.]