Gotham is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 census-designated place

Census-designated place

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, in the town of Buena Vista

Buena Vista, Richland County, Wisconsin

Buena Vista is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,575 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Gotham, and Sextonville are located within the town.-Geography:...

, in Richland County, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, United States

United States

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. It located about an hour west of Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 60 and U.S. Route 14

U.S. Route 14

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. It is located just north of the Wisconsin River

Wisconsin River

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, northeast of Avoca

Avoca, Wisconsin

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 and southeast of Richland Center

Richland Center, Wisconsin

Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States, which also serves as the county seat. The population was 5,184 at the 2010 census.-History:Richland Center was founded in 1851 by Ira Sherwin Hazeltine, a native of Andover, Vermont...

. As of the 2010 census

United States Census, 2010

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, its population was 191.

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

Great Lakes

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in 1902.

External links

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