Basco, Wisconsin

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Basco, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°54′43″N89°30′53″W / 42.91194°N 89.51472°W / 42.91194; -89.51472
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Dane County
Town Montrose
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1561217 [1]

Basco is an unincorporated community in the town of Montrose, in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] Basco is located less than 15 miles from Madison. [3]

The community is named for Basco, Illinois. It once had a post office, which opened in September 1889. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Basco, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Basco Populated Place Profile / Dane County, Wisconsin Data".
  3. ↑ "Madison, Southern Wisconsin Attractions". Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn Bed and Breakfast. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
  4. ↑ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 22. ISBN   9780299309640.

42°54′43″N89°30′53″W / 42.91194°N 89.51472°W / 42.91194; -89.51472


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