River Falls, Wisconsin

== History == The city's first settlers were Joel Foster and his indentured servant, Dick, in 1848.

The village was started as Kinnickinnic in 1854 by brothers Nathaniel N.

On June 23, 1893, a lightning bolt hit the center circus pole at a Ringling Brothers circus performance in River Falls, injuring multiple audience members and performers and kil...

On the bluffs of the Kinnickinnic River is Glen Park, a 41-acre park established in 1898.

The bridge, a replica of one designed by the Minneapolis Bridge Company and constructed in 1925, is a suspension bridge that spans the South Fork Rapids at the site of the forme...

The Glen Park Pool was built in 1937 and renovated for its 75th anniversary in 2012.

=== Climate === == Demographics == === 2000 census === At the 2000 census there were 12,560 people, 4,269 households, and 2,335 families living in the city.

=== 2010 census === At the 2010 census there were 15,000 people, 5,150 households, and 2,812 families living in the city.

The playground opened in 2015 and is named after Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia Schaffhausen, who were murdered by their father, Aaron Schaffhausen.

=== 2020 census === At the 2020 census, there were 16,182 people and 5,521 households.