Pepin

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Pepin is a city in Wisconsin.

It is a small town in Wisconsin with a population that hovers around 900. It is in Pepin County, the smallest county in Wisconsin, located on the western edge right on the Mississippi River. It has a K-12 school system, a marina, two gas stations, a beautiful public library, a village president and board, two churches Methodist & Lutheran, and is the home to the birth site of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Thousands of visitors each year from around the world 32 countries in 2005 come to see where the famous author was born. Little House in the Big Woods is the book based on her days near Pepin, and each fall the town celebrates Laura Days, the second full weekend in September.