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Waupaca is a city in Waupaca County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 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 east into the adjacent Town of Farmington and there is also a noncontiguous area of the city in the Town of Lind to the south.

Earth mounds in the area have been attributed to aboriginal natives.

The outside settlers arrived around 1849.

Waupaca was organized as a village in 1857 and became a city in 1875.

ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, formely Waupaca Foundry is the largest employer in the city, employing over 1500 workers in three plants within or around the city. Most of these employees live within 20 miles of the city. Three other Waupaca Foundry plants exist in Marinette, Wisconsin, Tell City, Indiana, and Etowah, Tennessee. The foundry is one of the largest producers of gray, ductile, and compacted graphite iron castings, melting over 9,500 tons a day. ThyssenKrupp has owned the foundry since 2002.

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