Wisconsin
Crawford
City of Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien is a city in the of , near the junction of the and Wisconsin rivers.
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  • Type: Town with 5,610 residents
  • Description: county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Prairie du Chien”, “Dogs Prairie”, “La Prairie”, “La Prairie des Chiens”, “Pr Du Chien”, “Prairie du Chien, WI”, “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”, and “Tipisagi”
  • Postal code: 53821

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa Louis and Fort Crawford National Cemetery.

Park
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The is a National Historic Landmark located on St. Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern . The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Cemetery
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Fort Crawford was an outpost of the United States Army located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during the 19th century. The army's occupation of Prairie du Chien spanned the existence of two fortifications, both of them named Fort Crawford.

Courthouse
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marquette.

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is a small town in . It is of interest to travelers as the jumping-off point for . Another small town, McGregor, is immediately to the south.

Prairie du Chien

Latitude
43.0519° or 43° 3′ 7″ north
Longitude
-91.141° or 91° 8′ 28″ west
Population
5,610
Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PCD
Open location code
86MC3V25+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151723110
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5268002
Wiki­data ID
Q1014155
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Prairie du Chien” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برايري دو شين”
  • Basque: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Cebuano: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Chechen: “Прери-дю-Шин”
  • Chinese: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Chinese: “佩利杜辛”
  • Chinese: “普雷裏德欣”
  • Chinese: “普雷里德欣”
  • Dagbani: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Dutch: “Prairie du Chien”
  • French: “Prairie du Chien”
  • German: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Gilaki: “پریري دۊ شین (ويسکانسين)”
  • Gilaki: “پریري دۊ شین”
  • Haitian: “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Haitian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Hebrew: “פרירי דו שיין”
  • Hungarian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Irish: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Italian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Japanese: “プレーリー・ドゥ・シーン”
  • Japanese: “プレイリー・ドゥ・シーン”
  • Ladin: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin)”
  • Norwegian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Persian: “پریری دو چیئن، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “پریری دو چیئن”
  • Piemontese: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Polish: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Portuguese: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Romanian: “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Russian: “Прери-ду-Шин”
  • Serbian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Serbian: “Прери ду Шин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Slovenian: “Prairie du Chien”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پریری دو چیئن، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Praire du Chien (Wisconsin)”
  • Spanish: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Swedish: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Tatar: “Прери-дю-Шин”
  • Turkish: “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Ukrainian: “Прері-дю-Шин”
  • Uzbek: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Vietnamese: “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Volapük: “Prairie du Chien”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prairie du Chien”
  • Welsh: “Prairie du Chien”

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