'''ARKANSAW'''
is an
unincorporated census-designated place in the eastern portion of the
town of
Waterville, in
Pepin County,
Wisconsin,
United States. Located approximately 3 miles west of
Durand, it has the
ZIP code of 54721.
As of the
2010 census, its population was 177.
[Interwiki: cite web » title=American FactFinder|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=29 March 2011] From 1881 to 1886, the community was the
county seat of Pepin County.
HISTORY
Arkansaw was founded in the early 1850s at a crossing of
Arkansaw Creek, a tributary of the
Eau Galle River.
[http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/guides/upload/SCearly.pdf]
Initially built around lumbering, the first
sawmill was opened in the community in 1852.
[http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/guides/upload/Scearly.pdf]
The community was originally built near the center of 3 dams within a mile of each other on Arkansaw Creek. All three were wiped out in a flood in 1907. Arkansaw Creek was named in honor of the
Arkansas River.
[http://www.durand.k12.wi.us/hs/history/creek/creek.html]
Today, the course of the creek runs through
Arkansaw Creek Park.
[http://www.explorewisconsin.com/countypages/pepin.asp]
GEOGRAPHY
The community lies at the junction of
U.S. Route 10 and Pepin County Trunk Highways D, N, O, and X. It has an area of Interwiki: convert » 0.720|mi2|km2; Interwiki: convert » 0.712|mi2|km2 of this is land, and Interwiki: convert » 0.008|mi2|km2 is water.
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