Pepin County
Also known as Pepin County, Wisconsin, Pepin County, WI
county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- February 25, 1858
- Named after
- Lake Pepin
- Seat
- Durand
- Largest city
- Durand
- Total
- 249 sq mi (640 km )
- Land
- 232 sq mi (600 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 6.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,513
- Density
- 32.4/sq mi (12.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Pepin County (/ˈpɛpɪn/ PEP-in) is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,318, making it the fourth-least populous county in Wisconsin; it is also the smallest county in Wisconsin by area. Its county seat is Durand.
Pepin County is the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House on the Prairie children's books.