Gotham, Wisconsin

Gotham
Census-designated place
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 km^2)
• Land	0.398 sq mi (1.03 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Population (2010)
• Total	191
• Density	480/sq mi (190/km^2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	608

Gotham (also Richland City) is an unincorporated census-designated place, in the town of Buena Vista, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] It located about an hour west of Madison, Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 60 and U.S. Route 14. It is located just north of the Wisconsin River, northeast of Avoca and southeast of Richland Center. As of the 2010 census, its population was 191.^[2]

History

The name Gotham came from Captain M.W. Gotham (1842-1902), the friend of one of the local store owners. Gotham died with his sons, Lucius and Myron, during a violent storm in the Great Lakes in 1902.^[3]

References

1. "Gotham, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
3. Gotham:Origin of Name, Wisconsin Historical Society

External links

• Map of Gotham, Wisconsin
• "Tales The Tombstone Tell Columns" Republican Observer, 1956