Bethesda, Wisconsin

Bethesda, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°59′16″N88°19′06″W / 42.98778°N 88.31833°W / 42.98778; -88.31833
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
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, 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. "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.