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Welcome to Prairie du Chien ...The city of Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County<1> and is the County Seat for Crawford County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie du Chien, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Prairie du Chien has a population of 5,578 people<2> (see below for details). Prairie du Chien is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Prairie du Chien lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Prairie du Chien: (608) The ZIP code for Prairie du Chien: 53821<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Prairie du Chien had an population of 5,578 people. This is a decrease of 5.63% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 7.31% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Prairie du Chien had a population of 5,911 people (which is 35.51% of the total population of Crawford County). This makes Prairie du Chien the county's most populous community. The population of Prairie du Chien represents 0.1% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 159th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,911 people, the population of Prairie du Chien decreased 1.78% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,018 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Prairie du Chien. Communities Also Named Prairie du Chien ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Prairie du Chien - it's located in Kansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie du Chien. Communities near Prairie du Chien ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie du Chien.
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 Prairie du Chien. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie du Chien. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie du Chien. 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 Prairie du Chien. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie du Chien. Our list includes 15 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie du Chien. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie du Chien ...Looking for more information about Prairie du Chien? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Prairie du Chien, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie du Chien. Adding Prairie du Chien to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prairie du Chien 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 Prairie du Chien was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Prairie du Chien in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie du Chien. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie du Chien. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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