Jim Falls, WI

Jim Falls is a census-designated place located in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 231 residents. Jim Falls is named in honor of James Ermatinger. In spring of 1861, the Indian Ahgamahwegezhig captured an eaglet near the South Fork of the Flambeau River, within the present day Chequamegon National Forest, east of Park Falls, Wisconsin. The through line in Jim Falls is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Jim Falls makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. They have been incorporated into a hydroelectric facility operated by Northern States Power Company. Jim Falls includes a stretch of rapids.