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Chippewa Falls ⓘ is a city located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,731 in the 2020 census . [ 6 ] Incorporated as a city in 1869, it is the county seat of Chippewa County. [ 7 ]
(The Town of Pleasant Valley was one of Wisconsin's fastest-growing political divisions in the 1990s, posting a population increase of over 28%.) The Chippewa County town of Anson is also included due to its proximity to Chippewa Falls. This is the definition used by the Chippewa-Eau Claire Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Its county seat is Chippewa Falls. [2] The county was founded in 1845 from Crawford County, [3] then in the Wisconsin Territory, and organized in 1853. [4] [5] [6] Chippewa County is included in the Eau Claire, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI Combined Statistical Area.
The first sawmill in the Chippewa Valley was probably functioning at what would become Menomonie around 1831. By 1840, Jean Brunet and associates were sawing wood at Chippewa Falls. Floods destroyed these early mills, and the lumbermen rebuilt them. [5] In the late 1800s, Chippewa Falls was said to have the largest sawmill under one roof in the ...
June 24, 1994 (Roughly Bridge St. from Columbia to Spring Sts. Chippewa Falls: 33 contributing properties built from 1873 to 1943, [6] [7] including the Romanesque Revival First National Bank built in 1873, [8] several Italianate buildings from the 1880s, the 1890 Caesar Harness Shop, [9] and the 1908 Neoclassical Federal Building.
Lafayette is a six by six mile square, except that the north side is irregular, following the course of the Yellow River.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.1 square miles (101.3 km 2), of which 34.5 square miles (89.4 km 2) is land and 4.6 square miles (11.9 km 2) (11.74%) is water.
Pepin County is the smallest in area, with 231.98 square miles (600.8 km 2); Marathon is the largest, having 1,544.91 square miles (4,001.3 km 2). [ 2 ] The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [ 3 ]
Lake Wissota State Park is a 1,062-acre (430 ha) Wisconsin state park near the town of Chippewa Falls. The park is situated on the northeast shore of Lake Wissota, a reservoir on the Chippewa River. Camping, boating, and fishing are the most popular activities. Park lands are covered in a mix of pine/hardwood forests and prairie.