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Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
66historic places
—earliest paper
1857formed
105,710pop. 2020
27cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 66 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Eau Claire, Fairchild, Augusta.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Eau Claire titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

47 of 66 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

66 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Anderson, Brady and Waldermar Ager HouseEau ClaireBuilding2000
Barber, James, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Barnes BlockEau ClaireBuilding1982
Barron, Martin Van Buren, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Borton, Einar and Alice, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2013
Brice, Orlando, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
California Wine and Liquor StoreFairchildBuilding1982
Carson Park Baseball StadiumEau ClaireStructure2003
Chamberlin, Clarence, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2000
Chambers, Pearl and Eva, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2012
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad DepotEau ClaireBuilding1985
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway BridgeEau ClaireStructure2024
Christ Church Cathedral and Parish HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
City HallEau ClaireBuilding1983
Cobblestone HouseEau ClaireBuilding1974
Community House, First Congregational ChurchEau ClaireBuilding1974
Confluence Commercial Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict2007
Dells MillAugustaBuilding1974
Drummond Business BlockEau ClaireBuilding2007
Drummond, David, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1974
Eau Claire High SchoolEau ClaireBuilding1983
Eau Claire Masonic TempleEau ClaireBuilding2007
Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict2004
Eau Claire Public LibraryEau ClaireBuilding1983
Eau Claire Vocational SchoolEau ClaireBuilding2014
Eichert, Christine, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Emery Street Bungalow DistrictEau ClaireDistrict1983
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchEau ClaireBuilding1999
Gikling, Gilbert, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2001
Hoover, James Stephen and Borland, Elizabeth, Memorial ChapelEau ClaireBuilding2000
Johnson, John, SaloonEau ClaireBuilding1983
Kaiser Lumber Company OfficeEau ClaireBuilding1983
Kenyon, A. L., HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Kline's Department StoreEau ClaireBuilding1984
Merrill, Levi, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1985
Oatman Filling StationEau ClaireBuilding2001
Ottawa HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Owen Park BandshellEau ClaireStructure2003
Owen, John S., HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Pioneer BlockEau ClaireBuilding1980
Putnam, Jane E., Memorial ChapelEau ClaireBuilding2000
Randall Park Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict1983
Randall, Adin, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Roosevelt Avenue Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict2009
Sacred Heart ChurchEau ClaireBuilding1983
Saint Edward's ChapelEau ClaireBuilding2000
Salsbury Row HouseEau ClaireBuilding2009
Schofield HallEau ClaireBuilding1983
Schwahn, William and Tilla, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2001
Second Ward SchoolEau ClaireBuilding2000
Soo Line Locomotive 2719Eau ClaireStructure1994
Soo Line Railroad BridgeEau ClaireStructure2022
St. Joseph's ChapelEau ClaireBuilding1988
St. Patrick's ChurchEau ClaireBuilding1983
Steven HouseEau ClaireBuilding1982
Temple of Free MasonryEau ClaireBuilding1988
Third Ward Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict1983
Third Ward Historic District (Boundary Increase)Eau ClaireDistrict2004
US Post Office and CourthouseEau ClaireBuilding1991
Union Auto CompanyEau ClaireBuilding2007
Union National BankEau ClaireBuilding1983
Walter-Heins HouseEau ClaireBuilding1982
Water Street Historic DistrictEau ClaireDistrict2007
Werner, Dr. Nels, HouseEau ClaireBuilding2001
Wilcox, Roy, HouseEau ClaireBuilding1983
Winslow, George F., HouseEau ClaireBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Eau Claire was formed in 1857 (1857-01-02) from Chippewa.

EAU CLAIRE created from CHIPPEWA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Eau Claire County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

106k54k3,1621860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,16219,99331,69235,77146,99954,18758,30078,80593,142105,710

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

27 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed
NameLatLon
Bethlehem Cemetery44.82886-91.13101
Brunswick Cemetery44.7494-91.59127
Calvary Catholic Cemetery44.78374-91.4441
Drammen Lutheran Cemetery44.64979-91.56898
East Lawn Cemetery44.67745-91.1107
Forest Hill Cemetery44.80789-91.48764
Hadleyville Cemetery44.68306-91.48626
Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery44.67769-91.32374
Lakeview Cemetery44.81087-91.52812
Lincoln Cemetery44.74353-91.22632
Ludington Cemetery44.78611-91.20115
Ludington Cemetery44.83331-91.12447
Pleasant Valley Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery44.62923-91.5334
Rest Haven Cemetery44.76217-91.42015
Saint Bridgets Cemetery44.84428-91.30684
Saint Johns Cemetery44.61906-91.07383
Saint Johns Cemetery44.72804-91.2949
Saint Luke Cemetery44.64254-91.2914
Saint Pauls Cemetery44.68309-91.39101
Saint Peter Cemetery44.70497-91.20776
Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery44.82801-91.01736
Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery44.64152-91.29046
Thompson Valley Cemetery44.62963-91.17624
Trinity Cemetery44.76737-91.27629
Union Cemetery44.65031-91.40695
West Lawn Cemetery44.68429-91.13379
Zion Lutheran Cemetery44.70843-91.42825
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Nelsonville44.65413-91.56988
Oak Grove44.67246-91.60516

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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