Gotham, Wisconsin
Gotham | |
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 Downtown Gotham on WIS60 | |
  Gotham Location within the state of Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′23″N 90°17′28″W / 43.22306°N 90.29111°WCoordinates: 43°13′23″N 90°17′28″W / 43.22306°N 90.29111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Buena Vista, Richland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.398 sq mi (1.03 km2) |
| • Land | 0.398 sq mi (1.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 191 |
| • Density | 480/sq mi (190/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 608 |
Gotham (also Richland City) is a census-designated place, in the town of Buena Vista, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 60 and U.S. Route 14. It is just north of the Wisconsin River, northeast of Avoca and southeast of Richland Center. As of the 2010 census, its population was 191.[2]
Looking west at the sign for Gotham on WIS60
History[]
The name Gotham came from Captain Myron Wheeler Gotham (1842-1902), who once resided in the village.[3] Gotham died with his sons, Lucius and Myron, during a violent storm in the Great Lakes in 1902.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Gotham, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Myron Wheeler Gotham House, Fulton Street, Village of Gotham"
- ^ Gotham:Origin of Name, Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Map of Gotham, Wisconsin
- "Tales The Tombstone Tell Columns" Republican Observer, 1956
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