Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Village
	Aerial view of Blue Mounds
	Location of Blue Mounds in Dane County, Wisconsin
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	Coordinates: 43°1′0″N 89°49′50″W / 43.01667°N 89.83056°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dane
Government
• Type	Village
• President	Audra Anderson
Area
• Total	0.88 sq mi (2.28 km2)
• Land	0.88 sq mi (2.28 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,276 ft (328 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	948
• Estimate (2019)	986
• Density	1,100/sq mi (420/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP	53517
Area code	608
FIPS code	55-08500
GNIS feature ID	1582837
Website	Village of Blue Mounds

Blue Mounds is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 950.^[4] The village is adjacent to the Town of Blue Mounds, and is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Blue Mounds was named by French missionaries for the blueish hue of three nearby mounds. ^[7]

^ "Officials and Committees". Village Of Blue Mounds. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 45.