{"id":8805,"date":"2023-10-07T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T08:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8805"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:47","slug":"chippewa-county-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/chippewa-county-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chippewa County, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chippewa County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, centred on the city of Chippewa Falls in the west-central part of the state. It had a population of 66,297 at the 2020 census and covers 1,041 square miles (2,696 km2) &mdash; 1,008 square miles of land and 33 square miles of water &mdash; centred near 45\u00b004\u2032N 91\u00b017\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Chippewa Falls is the county seat, and its postal code is 54729. The county has 3 cities, 4 villages, 23 towns (civil townships), and a handful of unincorporated communities and census-designated places. It sits in the Central time zone and is part of the Eau Claire, WI metropolitan statistical area.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Chippewa County<\/h2>\n<p>Chippewa County&#8217;s population is split across three cities, four villages, and dozens of townships and unincorporated communities. The table below marks incorporated cities and villages, census-designated places (CDP), and unincorporated crossroads (Unincorp.); population figures are given only where independently confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Chippewa Falls<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54729<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bloomer<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Bloomer<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54724<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cornell<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cadott<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Cooks Valley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boyd<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Auburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54726<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Hallie<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Hallie<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Auburn<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Auburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54757<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holcombe<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Lake Holcombe<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jim Falls<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Edson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>54748<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Wissota<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Anson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Albertville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Wheaton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Old Albertville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Wheaton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Anson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arnold<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Woodmohr<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bateman<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Delmar<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brownville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Cleveland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cobban<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Cleveland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colburn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Colburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crescent<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Sampson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Drywood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Sigel<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eagle Point<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Eagle Point<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eagleton<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Goetz<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Edson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Howard<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Howard<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Huron<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Birch Creek<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Irvine<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Estella<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maple Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Wheaton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pine Grove<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Sigel<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pinehurst<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Woodmohr<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ruby<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ruby<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tilden<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Tilden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The old listing for this county also carried &#8220;Eau Claire&#8221; as a settlement &mdash; that name belongs to the neighboring city and county of the same name, not to any place inside Chippewa County, so it has been dropped here.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hallie<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Lake Hallie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bloomer<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Bloomer (city, separately governed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Boyd, New Auburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cooks Valley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Cadott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Anson, Lake Wissota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wheaton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Albertville, Old Albertville, Maple Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Holcombe<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Holcombe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Edson, Jim Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sigel<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Drywood, Pine Grove<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cleveland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Brownville, Cobban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodmohr<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Arnold, Pinehurst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Colburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sampson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Crescent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Birch Creek<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Huron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Estella<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Irvine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Howard<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Howard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ruby<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Ruby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tilden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Tilden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delmar<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Bateman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goetz<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Eagleton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arthur<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eagle Point<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Eagle Point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lafayette<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>54729 &mdash; Chippewa Falls (also serves the surrounding towns of Anson, Wheaton, and Hallie)<\/li>\n<li>54724 &mdash; Bloomer (also serves the town of Bloomer)<\/li>\n<li>54727 &mdash; Cadott (also serves the town of Cooks Valley)<\/li>\n<li>54726 &mdash; Boyd (also serves the town of Auburn)<\/li>\n<li>54732 &mdash; Cornell<\/li>\n<li>54748 &mdash; Jim Falls (also serves the town of Edson)<\/li>\n<li>54745 &mdash; Holcombe (also serves the town of Lake Holcombe)<\/li>\n<li>54757 &mdash; New Auburn (shared with Barron County)<\/li>\n<li>54768 &mdash; Stanley (mainly a Clark County address, reaches into Chippewa County&#8217;s Goetz and Woodmohr townships)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smaller unincorporated communities such as Colburn, Ruby, Tilden, and Eagle Point use the ZIP code of their nearest post office town rather than a code of their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Chippewa County lies in the hilly, forested Northwest Sands and Central Sand Plains transition zone of west-central Wisconsin, drained by the Chippewa and Yellow rivers. The Chippewa River runs southwest through the county past Chippewa Falls, and Lake Wissota, a reservoir on the river, is a major recreational feature. Roughly 3 percent of the county&#8217;s area is water.<\/p>\n<p>Chippewa County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/rusk-county-wisconsin\/\">Rusk County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/taylor-county-wisconsin\/\">Taylor County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/clark-county-wisconsin\/\">Clark County<\/a> to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/eau-claire-county\/\">Eau Claire County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dunn-county-wisconsin\/\">Dunn County<\/a> to the west, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/barron-county\/\">Barron County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Chippewa County had a population of 66,297 at the 2020 census, an average density of about 66 people per square mile. Chippewa Falls and Bloomer are its two largest communities. The county&#8217;s median household income runs below the Wisconsin median of $74,631, reflecting its mix of manufacturing, healthcare, and agricultural employment rather than the higher-wage sectors concentrated in the Eau Claire and Madison metro cores.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing, healthcare, and public-sector employment anchor the county&#8217;s economy. Top employers include TTM Advanced Circuits (electronics manufacturing), Chippewa Falls Public Schools, Saint Joseph&#8217;s Hospital, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Walmart. Dairy and cash-crop farming remain significant in the county&#8217;s outlying townships. The Northern Wisconsin State Fair is held annually in Chippewa Falls.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Chippewa County was created in 1845 out of Crawford County, then part of Wisconsin Territory, and formally organized in 1853. It takes its name from the Chippewa (Ojibwe) people, who inhabited the region before white settlement and lend their name to the Chippewa River that runs through the county. The county&#8217;s early economy centered on the lumber industry, floating logs down the Chippewa River to sawmills at Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire; that industry later gave way to manufacturing and agriculture as the pine forests were cleared.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Highways 12 and 53 both cross Chippewa County, with US 53 running as a four-lane expressway linking Chippewa Falls to Eau Claire. Reference distances:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eau Claire &mdash; 12 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Rice Lake &mdash; 35 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Wausau &mdash; 65 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Minneapolis-St. Paul &mdash; 100 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) in Eau Claire.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Chippewa County, Wisconsin?<\/strong><br \/>It is in west-central Wisconsin, anchored by the city of Chippewa Falls, about 12 miles north of Eau Claire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Chippewa County?<\/strong><br \/>66,297 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Chippewa County?<\/strong><br \/>1,041 square miles (2,696 km2), including 33 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Chippewa County?<\/strong><br \/>Chippewa Falls is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and villages are in Chippewa County?<\/strong><br \/>The county has 3 cities, 4 villages, and 23 towns (civil townships), plus several unincorporated communities and census-designated places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Chippewa County?<\/strong><br \/>Chippewa Falls uses 54729; other ZIPs include 54724 (Bloomer), 54727 (Cadott), 54726 (Boyd), 54732 (Cornell), 54748 (Jim Falls), and 54745 (Holcombe).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Chippewa County known for?<\/strong><br \/>Its logging-era history on the Chippewa River, Lake Wissota, and the Northern Wisconsin State Fair held annually in Chippewa Falls.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/wisconsin\/\">Towns and villages in Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chippewa County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, centred on the city of Chippewa Falls in the west-central part of the state. It had a population of 66,297 at the 2020 census and covers 1,041 square miles (2,696 km2) &mdash; 1,008 square miles of land and 33 square miles of water &mdash; centred near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Towns & Villages in Chippewa County, Wisconsin","_seopress_titles_desc":"Chippewa County, WI: cities, villages, townships, ZIP codes, population, geography, history and FAQs for all 66,297 residents.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-8805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-wisconsin","tag-towns-and-cities","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9845,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions\/9845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}