# Basco, Wisconsin

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Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Basco, Wisconsin Unincorporated community Basco Show map of Wisconsin Basco Show map of the United States Coordinates: 42°54′43″N 89°30′53″W / 42.91194°N 89.51472°W / 42.91194; -89.51472 Country United States State Wisconsin County Dane County Town Montrose Elevation 902 ft (275 m) Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT) Area code 608 GNIS feature ID 1561217[1]

**Basco** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in the town of [Montrose](/source/Montrose%2C_Wisconsin), in [Dane County](/source/Dane_County%2C_Wisconsin), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), United States.[1][2] Basco is located less than 15 miles from [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin).[3]

The community is named for [Basco, Illinois](/source/Basco%2C_Illinois). It once had a [post office](/source/Post_office), which opened in September 1889.[4]

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-1) ["Basco, Wisconsin"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1561217). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Basco Populated Place Profile / Dane County, Wisconsin Data"](http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/dane/basco.cfm).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Madison, Southern Wisconsin Attractions"](http://www.cameorose.com/attractions.html). *Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn Bed and Breakfast*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090122080911/http://cameorose.com/attractions.html) from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Callary_4-0)** Callary, Edward (2016). *Place Names of Wisconsin*. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 22. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780299309640](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780299309640).

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States County seat: Madison Cities Edgerton‡ Fitchburg Madison Middleton Monona Stoughton Sun Prairie Verona Villages Belleville‡ Black Earth Blue Mounds Brooklyn‡ Cambridge‡ Cottage Grove Cross Plains Dane Deerfield DeForest Maple Bluff Marshall Mazomanie McFarland Mount Horeb Oregon Rockdale Shorewood Hills Waunakee Windsor Towns Albion Berry Black Earth Blooming Grove Blue Mounds Bristol Burke Christiana Cottage Grove Cross Plains Dane Deerfield Dunkirk Dunn Madison Mazomanie Medina Middleton Montrose Oregon Perry Primrose Roxbury Rutland Springdale Springfield Sun Prairie Vermont Verona Vienna Westport York Unincorporated communities Albion Ashton Basco Daleyville Deansville Door Creek East Bristol Forward Hoffman Corners Kegonsa Kingsley Corners Klevenville London‡ Lutheran Hill Martinsville Marxville Mount Vernon Nora Norway Grove Paoli Pine Bluff Riley Roxbury Rutland Seminary Springs Springfield Corners Stone Token Creek West Middleton Neighborhoods Fitchburg Center Hope Lake Windsor Morrisonville Middleton Junction Oak Hall Indian reservation Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡ Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties Wisconsin portal United States portal

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