Page Contents for Boscobel, Wisconsin

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Chamber of Commerce.

Organizations, Churches, and Sports.

Libraries.

Schools.

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Statistics & Facts

The Wisconsin state capital is Madison.
The population of Boscobel is approximately 2,706 (1990), 3231 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 1,141 (1990), 1195 (2010).
The amount of land area in Boscobel is 4.714 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.121 sq kilometers.
The distance from Boscobel to Washington DC is 806 miles.
The distance to the Wisconsin state capital is 70 miles. (as the crow flies)
Boscobel is positioned 43.13 degrees north of the equator and 90.70 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Boscobel average annual rainfall is 31 inches per year
Boscobel average annual snowfall is 41 inches per year.
Boscobel average annual humidity is 65%
Boscobel average temperature is 47 degrees F.
The average winter temperature is 20 degrees F.
The average summer temperature is 71 degrees F.

Location

in southwestern Wisconsin bordering Iowa and Illinois. Here is a location page for Boscobel.

Here is a map page for Boscobel.
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Weather

seasonal. Here is a weather page for Boscobel.
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History & History Related Items

Boscobel is the birthplace of the Gideon Bible.
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Attractions

Check out this attractions page for Boscobel.

The Birthplace of the Gideon Bible
Central House, Boscobel Hotel
1005 Wisconsin Ave.
Boscobel, WI
This is listed on both the state and national Registers of Historic Places. It was built in 1863. It was on 14 September 1898 that two men met at the hotel, John H. Nicholson and Samuel E. Hill. Both were traveling salesmen and as they shared a room at the hotel, they talked about starting some type of Christian association for traveling men. Later, in May 1899, a third man, William J. Knights, joined them. By 1 July 1899, they had founded the Gideons. The name came from Judges in the Old Testament. Room 19 of the Boscobel Hotel is marked with a plaque telling where the two men began the organization plans.
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Boscobel City Government

City of Boscobel, Wisconsin
1006 Wisconsin Avenue
Boscobel, WI 53805
Phone: 608-375-5001
Toll Free: 1-888-710-5206
Fax: 608-375-4750
Email

Boscobel Chamber

Boscobel Chamber Of Commerce
800 Wisconsin Avenue
Boscobel, WI 53805
Phone: 608-375-2672

Boscobel Organizations

Boscobel Chamber Of Commerce
800 Wisconsin Avenue
Boscobel, WI 53805
Phone: 608-375-2672

Boscobel Libraries

Hildebrand Memorial Library
1033 Wisconsin Avenue
Boscobel, Wisconsin 53805
Phone: 608-375-5723

Boscobel Schools

Boscobel Area Schools
Home of the Bulldogs
Boscobel, Wisconsin
Phone: 608-375-4164
Fax: 608-375-2378