La Crosse, Wisconsin

La Crosse is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 51,818.

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La Crosse County, Wisconsin - 2000

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Together with surrounding communities, the La Crosse metropolitan area was, according to the 2000 census, home to 96,592 people.

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La Crosse is the county seat of La Crosse County{{GR|6}}. La Crosse is located in western Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Black and La Crosse Rivers. It was the site of an 18th century fur trading post and medical stop for traders traveling down the Mississippi River. Today La Crosse is the home of two major clinics and a number of schools including Western Wisconsin Technical College, Viterbo University, and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. It is also the original home and international headquarters of the Trane air conditioning company and the G. Heileman Brewing Company.

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County seat - La Crosse County - Mississippi River - Confluence - Black - La Crosse Rivers - Fur trading - Post - Viterbo University - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse - Trane

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La Crosse is often referred to as "God's Country" because it was unspoiled by glaciers that flattened much of the rest of the upper Midwestern United States. La Crosse is surrounded by towering bluffs, the most prominent of which is Grandad's Bluff. (For more, see Driftless Zone.)

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Glaciers - Midwestern United States - Bluffs - Driftless Zone

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Across the Mississippi River from La Crosse is La Crescent, Minnesota. There are several other communities that surround La Crosse and offer many commercial venues, including Onalaska, Wisconsin and Holmen, Wisconsin. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's La Crosse Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of La Crosse County in Wisconsin and Houston County, Minnesota (composite 2000 population: 126,838).

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La Crescent, Minnesota - Onalaska, Wisconsin - Holmen, Wisconsin - United States Census Bureau - Metropolitan Statistical Area - Houston County, Minnesota

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