Gotham (also Richland City) is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

, in the town of Buena Vista, in Richland County,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, United States. It is located at the intersection of

Wisconsin Highway 60 State Trunk Highway 60, often called Highway 60, STH-60 or WIS 60, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in southern Wisconsin from Prairie du Chien on the Mississippi River at the Iowa state line to the ...

and

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. It is just north of the

Wisconsin River The Wisconsin River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at approximately 430 miles (692 km) long. As a tributary of the Mississippi River, it is part of the Mississippi River System. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 b ...

, northeast of Avoca and southeast of Richland Center. As of the 2020 census, its population was 189. Gotham Wisconsin Sign Looking West WIS60

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History

The name Gotham came from Captain Myron Wheeler Gotham (1842-1902), who once resided in the village. Gotham died with his sons, Lucius and Myron, during a violent storm in the

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in 1902.Gotham:Origin of Name, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Demographics

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External links

Map of Gotham, Wisconsin
''Republican Observer'', 1956 Census-designated places in Wisconsin Census-designated places in Richland County, Wisconsin {{RichlandCountyWI-geo-stub

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