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 |  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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Sister cities
Eau Claire's sister cities are:
Lismore, Australia[9]
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.
City Hall, designed by Eau Claire resident George Awsumb in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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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