Bethesda, Wisconsin

Bethesda, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Bethesda, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Bethesda, Wisconsin
Bethesda, Wisconsin
Bethesda, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Bethesda, Wisconsin
Bethesda, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°59′16″N 88°19′06″W / 42.98778°N 88.31833°W / 42.98778; -88.31833
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyWaukesha
Elevation
257 m (843 ft)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code262
GNIS feature ID1577515[1]

Bethesda is an unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, locaded near County Roads DE, and DT.[1] The community was named for Bethesda Park, a spa and tourist resort built around a medicinal spring developed by Richard Dunbar in the late 1860s.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Bethesda, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.


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