Gotham, Wisconsin

Gotham is a census-designated place, in the town of Richland County, Wisconsin|Buena Vista], in Richland [County, Wisconsin|Richland County], Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 60 and U.S. [Route 14 in Wisconsin|U.S. Route 14]. It is just north of the Wisconsin River, northeast of Avoca and southeast of Richland [Center, Wisconsin|Richland Center]. As of the 2020 [United States census|2020 census], its population was 189.

History

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

Demographics