Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city in west central Wisconsin just south of Chippewa Falls. There is a campus of University of Wisconsin System. The Eau Claire river flows into the Chippewa river in this town. The city started as a lumber town and wood was transported over the river. The name is from the French eau claire (clear water).
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 Location of Eau Claire in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, Wisconsin. | |
| Coordinates: 44°49′N 91°30′W / 44.817°N 91.500°WCoordinates: 44°49′N 91°30′W / 44.817°N 91.500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State | 22x20px Wisconsin |
| Counties | Eau Claire, Chippewa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • City manager | Stephanie Hirsch[1] |
| • State Assembly | Jodi Emerson (D) Christian Phelps (D) |
| • State Senate | Jeff Smith (D) |
| • U.S. House | Derrick Van Orden (R) |
| Area | |
| • City | 34.95 sq mi (90.53 km2) |
| • Land | 32.86 sq mi (85.10 km2) |
| • Water | 2.09 sq mi (5.42 km2) 6.15% |
| Elevation | 787 ft (240 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 69,421 |
| • Estimate (2024)[5] | 73,011[3] |
| • Rank | WI: 8th |
| • Density | 2,112.8/sq mi (815.8/km2) |
| • Metro | 161,151 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Zip code | 54701-54703 |
| FIPS code | 55-22300[6] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583124[7] |
| Website | http://www.eauclairewi.gov |
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File:Eau Claire - Barstow street looking north 2005.jpg
Barstow Street
Sister cities
Eau Claire's sister cities are:
Lismore, Australia[9]- 23x15px Miramar District, Costa Rica[10]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin Media
The Eau Claire Masonic Center is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire
Menards Headquarters
Silver Mine Ski-Jump, Eau Claire
The lit tennis courts in Owen Park are popular with university students.
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City Hall, designed by Eau Claire resident George Awsumb in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Notes
- ↑ "City Manager". City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Demographic Services Center's 2024 Population Estimates: Wisconsin's Population Increases Modestly" (PDF). State of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Administration. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ↑ "2020 Decennial Census: Eau Claire city, Wisconsin". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. August 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ [2] Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Eau Claire Adds 2nd Sister City. July 11, 2007. http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/8443922.html. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
Further reading
- Christian, Jenna; Moua, Pa Sia Low; Vogeler, Ingolf (2008). "The Cultural Landscape of the Hmong in Eau Claire, Wisconsin" (PDF). Wisconsin Geographer. 23: 3–19. S2CID 195823216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- McArthur, Charles. "Eau Claire, Wisconsin, A City of Opportunities", National Magazine (July 1905)
Other websites
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History
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Eau Claire. |
- Eau Claire Historic Preservation Foundation
- Eau Claire Landmarks Commission photo collection
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Special Collections and Archives Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Local History Resources
- Sanborn fire insurance maps: 1883 1885 Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine 1889 Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
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