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Waupaca is a city in and the county seat of Waupaca County in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,069 at the 2010 census. The city is believed to be named after Sam Waupaca (or Chief Wapuka) of the Potowatomi tribe. The city is located mostly within the Town of Waupaca, though it is politically independent. A portion extends west into the adjacent Town of Farmington and there is also a noncontiguous area of the city in the Town of Lind to the south. The city is divided into natural areas, city areas, and industrial areas. == History == Native American mound builders lived in the area prior to European settlement. At one time there were 72 mounds n the area.〔 〕 Waupaca was first settled in June 1849 by Capt. Augustus Hill Sr. and his sons, on a small waterfall along the Waupaca River. At the time, the area was home to the Menominee and Potowatomi tribes. The name for the settlement came either from the Indian term "waubuck seba," meaning pale water, or from a Potowatomi man named Sam Wapuka, or Chief Waupaca.〔City of Waupaca. (History of Waupaca ).〕 Waupaca was incorporated as a village on May 4, 1857 by act of the Wisconsin State Legislature.〔Private and Local Laws of the State of Wisconsin, 1857, chapter 264 http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_025/images/00013923.pdf〕 This act was repealed on April 7, 1862,〔Private and Local Laws of the State of Wisconsin, 1862, chapter 321 http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_025/images/00013924.pdf〕 but promptly revived on June 17 of the same year.〔''Id.'', chapter 365 http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_025/images/00013924.pdf〕 Waupaca was incorporated as a city by the legislature on March 5, 1875.〔http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_025/images/00013927.pdf An Act to incorporate the city of Waupaca〕 Beginning in the 1960s and continuing to the present, it has expanded through annexation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waupaca, Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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