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).

## Sister cities

Eau Claire's sister cities are:
- Lismore, Australia
- Miramar District, Costa Rica

## Further reading

- McArthur, Charles. "Eau Claire, Wisconsin, A City of Opportunities", _National Magazine_ (July 1905)

### General

- City of Eau Claire website
- Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls Metropolitan Planning Organization website
- Eau Claire Travel Bureau

### History

- Eau Claire Historic Preservation Foundation
- Eau Claire Landmarks Commission photo collection
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Special Collections and Archives
- L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Local History Resources
- Sanborn fire insurance maps: 1883 1885  1889

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Eau Claire
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Wisconsin, City
- **motto**: "Voici l'eau claire!"
("Here is the clear water!")
- **image skyline**: File:Day Downtown Eau Claire.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Eau Claire
- **image map**: File:Eau Claire County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Eau Claire Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Eau Claire in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, Wisconsin.
- **pushpin map**: Wisconsin#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Wisconsin##Location in the United States
- **pushpin label**: Eau Claire
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Wisconsin, Counties
- **subdivision name2**: Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, Chippewa
- **government type**: Council–manager
- **leader title**: City manager
- **leader name**: Stephanie Hirsch
- **leader title1**: Wisconsin State Assembly, State Assembly
- **leader name1**: Jodi Emerson (Democratic Party (United States), D)
Christian Phelps (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title2**: Wisconsin State Senate, State Senate
- **leader name2**: Jeff Smith (Wisconsin politician), Jeff Smith (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title3**: United States House of Representatives, U.S. House
- **leader name3**: Derrick Van Orden (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **established date3**: 1856
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 90.53
- **area land km2**: 85.10
- **area water km2**: 5.42
- **area total sq mi**: 34.95
- **area land sq mi**: 32.86
- **area water sq mi**: 2.09
- **area water percent**: 6.15
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 69,421
- **population density sq mi**: 2112.8
- **population est**: 73,011
- **pop est as of**: 2024
- **population metro**: 161,151
- **population rank**: WI: List of cities in Wisconsin, 8th
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: North American Central Time Zone, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **elevation m**: 240
- **elevation ft**: 787
- **postal code type**: Zip code
- **postal code**: 54701-54703
- **area code**: Area codes 715 and 534, 715 & 534
- **website**: http://www.eauclairewi.gov
- **blank name**: FIPS code
- **blank info**: 55-22300
- **blank1 name**: GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1583124
- **footnotes**: Page text.