Bethesda, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
42°59′16″N 88°19′06″W / 42.98778°N 88.31833°W / 42.98778; -88.31833Country United StatesState WisconsinCountyWaukeshaElevation
257 m (843 ft)Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)Area code262GNIS feature ID1577515[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

  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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