Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Eau Claire County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Eau Claire.   is French for clear water. As of 2020, 105,710 people lived there.

History

Eau Claire county began as the Town of Clearwater in Chippewa County in 1855. The name was changed to the Town of Eau Claire on March 31, 1856. The town was made into Eau Claire County by the Wisconsin State Legislature on October 6, 1856.Dictionary of Wisconsin History  accessed 1 January 2007.When Counties Originated  from rootsweb.com's Oconto County, Wisconsin webpage 

Geography
The county has a total area of . Of this,  is land and  (1.18%) is water.

Government
The legislative body of Eau Claire County is the 29-member Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district. The chairperson and vice-chair positions are elected from members of the board.

Eau Claire County contains parts of the Wisconsin State Senate districts 23 and 31. It also contains parts of Wisconsin State Assembly districts 68, 92, and 93. At the federal level, the entire county is in Wisconsin's third congressional district.

Cities, villages, and towns
Cities
 Altoona*
 Augusta
 Eau Claire* (part)

Villages
 Fairchild
 Fall CreekTowns Bridge Creek
 Brunswick*
 Clear Creek
 Drammen
 Fairchild
 Lincoln
 Ludington Otter Creek
 Pleasant Valley*
 Seymour*
 Union*
 Washington*
 Wilson* indicates a municipality considered part of the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls metropolitan area.
Unincorporated communities
 Allen
 Brackett
 Candy Corners
 Cleghorn
 Foster
 Hadleyville‡
 Hale Corner
 Hay Creek
 Ludington
 Lufkin Mount Hope Corners
 Nelsonville‡
 Oak Grove‡
 Porters Mills‡
 Rodell
 Seymour (CDP)
 Shawtown§
 Truax
 Union
 Wilson
‡ Historical community
§ Now part of the City of Eau Claire

 References 

Other websites

 Eau Claire County official website 
 History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin 
 History of Eau Claire County 
 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Special Collections and Archives 
 Chippewa Valley Museum


Category:1856 establishments in Wisconsin