Bethesda, Wisconsin
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Bethesda, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 42°59′16″N 88°19′06″W / 42.98778°N 88.31833°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Waukesha |
Elevation | 257 m (843 ft) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 262 |
GNIS feature ID | 1577515[1] |
Bethesda is an unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.[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
[edit]- ^ a b "Bethesda, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.