| Lake Hallie, Wisconsin | |
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Lake Hallie, Wisconsin
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| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| Counties | Chippewa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village board |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.4 sq mi (37.3 km2) |
| • Land | 14.4 sq mi (37.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,448 |
| • Density | 447.8/sq mi (172.9/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2013447[1] |
| Website | http://www.lakehallie.us/ |
Lake Hallie is a village in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. It was incorporated from part of the Town of Hallie on February 18, 2003.[2] The 2010 census put the village's population at 6,448.
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In an open effort to prevent further annexation and utility encroachment by the cities of Chippewa Falls from the northeast and Eau Claire from the southwest, the village was incorporated by referendum from a large portion of the Town of Hallie on February 28, 2003. Over 95% of the Town of Hallie's residents in 2000 lived within the new village.[3] The village has experienced substantial growth since its incorporation; its 2010 population was 6,448, a 37.1% increase over the Town of Hallie's 2000 population of 4,703.
Lake Hallie is 14.4 square miles (37.3 km²), bordered on the north by Chippewa Falls, the south by Eau Claire and the Town of Seymour, west by the Chippewa River, on the southeast by the Town of Hallie, and on the east by the Town of Lafayette.[4]
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2010 | 6,448 |
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The population in 2006 was estimated at 6,320, giving the village a population density of 438.9 per square mile (169.5/km2).[5] In 2003, the village had 1,704 households.[3] As of 2006, over half the village's area remained rural.
Lake Hallie hosts an annual five-day baseball and softball tournament called Hallie Youth Days at the end of July. Tom Sippel Field is the home field for the Hallie Eagles, a baseball team in the Chippewa River Baseball League. The Eagles have won the CRBL championship three times, in 1984, 1996, and 2000, and have won the south division in the CRBL five times, and the North division once in 2009.
Lake Hallie is run by a village board, consisting of trustees and a village president.[6]
Lake Hallie is served by the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District[7] and the Eau Claire Area School District[8]
Hallie is part of the Eau Claire media market.
Lake Hallie is located at the intersection of two freeways: U.S. Route 53 and Wisconsin Highway 29. The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport borders the village to the south.[4]
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