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Welcome to Eau Claire ...The city of Eau Claire is primarily located in Eau Claire County<1> and is the County Seat for Eau Claire County. A portion of Eau Claire extends into Chippewa County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Eau Claire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Eau Claire has a population of 68,684 people<2> (see below for details). Eau Claire is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Eau Claire lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Eau Claire: (715) & (534)<4> The ZIP codes for Eau Claire: 54701-54703<5> Websites for Eau Claire ...Official Website: www.ci.eau-claire.wi.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.eauclairechamber.org/ Junior League: www.juniorleague-ec.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Eau Claire had an population of 68,684 people. This is an increase of 4.25% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.31% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Eau Claire had a population of 65,883 people (which is 66.73% of the total population of Eau Claire County). This makes Eau Claire the county's most populous community. The population of Eau Claire represents 1.16% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 9th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 65,883 people, the population of Eau Claire increased 6.77% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 61,704 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Eau Claire. Communities Also Named Eau Claire ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Eau Claire - they are located in Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eau Claire. Communities near Eau Claire ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Eau Claire.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Eau Claire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eau Claire. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Eau Claire. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eau Claire. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Eau Claire. Our list includes 42 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Eau Claire. Adding Eau Claire to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Eau Claire in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Eau Claire was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Eau Claire in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Eau Claire. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Eau Claire: www.ci.eau-claire.wi.us/ The official website for Eau Claire County: www.co.eau-claire.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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