Pepin County, Wisconsin
Historic Pepin County Courdouse Museum in Durand, Wisconsin
Location widin de U.S. state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's wocation widin de U.S.
|Founded||February 25, 1858|
|Named for||Lake Pepin|
|• Totaw||249 sq mi (640 km2)|
|• Land||232 sq mi (600 km2)|
|• Water||17 sq mi (40 km2) 6.7%%|
| • Estimate |
|• Density||30/sq mi (12/km2)|
|Time zone||UTC−6 (Centraw)|
|• Summer (DST)||UTC−5 (CDT)|
Pepin County is a county in de U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of de 2010 census, de popuwation was 7,469, making it de fourf-weast popuwous county in Wisconsin, uh-hah-hah-hah. Its county seat is Durand.
Pepin County was formed in de year 1858 from portions of neighboring Dunn County. Bof de town of Pepin (originawwy named Norf Pepin in 1856), and de viwwage of Pepin were named after Lake Pepin, a broadening of de Mississippi River between Pepin County and de Counties of Goodhue and Wabasha in de state of Minnesota. The wake itsewf is wikewy named for one or more of de Pepin famiwies from de French Canadian city of Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada. Severaw Pepins appear in de earwy records, incwuding de senior figure Guiwwaume dit Tranchemontagne and his descendants Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets. One or bof of de watter may have accompanied Daniew Greysowon, de Sieur du Lhut, from Montreaw to what is now Duwuf, Minnesota, in 1679. Exactwy when de body of water was first named Pepin is not known, but de name has been used as earwy as 1700, making it by far one of de owdest recorded pwace names in Wisconsin, uh-hah-hah-hah. The name was weww accepted by de mid-1760s when Jonadan Carver wrote in his journaw, "Arrived at Lake Pepin cawwed by some Lake St. Andony."
According to de U.S. Census Bureau, de county has a totaw area of 249 sqware miwes (640 km2), of which 232 sqware miwes (600 km2) is wand and 17 sqware miwes (44 km2) (6.7%) is water. It is de smawwest county in Wisconsin by wand area.
- Pierce County – nordwest
- Dunn County – norf
- Eau Cwaire County – east
- Buffawo County – souf
- Wabasha County, Minnesota – soudwest
- Goodhue County, Minnesota – west
|U.S. Decenniaw Census|
As of de census of 2000, dere were 7,213 peopwe, 2,759 househowds, and 1,934 famiwies residing in de county. The popuwation density was 31 peopwe per sqware miwe (12/km2). There were 3,036 housing units at an average density of 13 per sqware miwe (5/km2). The raciaw makeup of de county was 98.90% White, 0.08% Bwack or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Iswander, 0.08% from oder races, and 0.49% from two or more races. 0.35% of de popuwation were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 41.6% were of German, 13.5% Norwegian, 9.9% Austrian and 6.8% Swedish ancestry. 95.2% spoke Engwish and 3.4% German as deir first wanguage.
There were 2,759 househowds, out of which 32.40% had chiwdren under de age of 18 wiving wif dem, 59.90% were married coupwes wiving togeder, 6.80% had a femawe househowder wif no husband present, and 29.90% were non-famiwies. 26.10% of aww househowds were made up of individuaws, and 13.60% had someone wiving awone who was 65 years of age or owder. The average househowd size was 2.57 and de average famiwy size was 3.13.
In de county, de popuwation was spread out, wif 26.50% under de age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or owder. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 femawes dere were 101.10 mawes. For every 100 femawes age 18 and over, dere were 100.20 mawes.
In 2017, dere were 41 birds, giving a generaw fertiwity rate of 79.6 birds per 1000 women aged 15–44, de fiff highest rate out of aww 72 Wisconsin counties. Additionawwy, dere were no reported induced abortions performed on women of Pepin County residence in 2017.
Government and powitics
County Board of Supervisors
Pepin County has a 12-member board of supervisors.
- Note: In 1924, Progressive candidate Robert M. La Fowwette, Sr. came in second in Pepin County, receiving 33.59% of de vote (737 votes).
- Durand (county seat)
Pepin County panorama, west of Durand
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