Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Village
Aerial view of Blue Mounds
Location in Dane County and the state of Wisconsin.
Coordinates: 43°1′0″N 89°49′50″W / 43.01667°N 89.83056°W / 43.01667; -89.83056Coordinates: 43°1′0″N 89°49′50″W / 43.01667°N 89.83056°W / 43.01667; -89.83056
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dane
Government
• Type	Village
• Interim President	Mary Miller
Area
• Total	0.91 sq mi (2.36 km2)
• Land	0.91 sq mi (2.36 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,276 ft (328 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	855
• Estimate (2012)	883
• Density	939.6/sq mi (362.8/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP	53517
Area code(s)	608
FIPS code	55-08500
GNIS feature ID	1582838
Website	Village of Blue Mounds

Blue Mounds is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 855. 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.

Blue Mounds is located 25 miles (40 km) west of Madison in Dane County near its border with Iowa County. The village is near Brigham Park, the Cave of the Mounds, and Blue Mound State Park, the highest point in southern Wisconsin.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.91 square miles (2.36 km²), all of it land.

As of the census of 2010, there were 855 people, 336 households, and 235 families residing in the village. The population density was 939.6 inhabitants per square mile (362.8/km²). There were 347 housing units at an average density of 381.3 per square mile (147.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.8% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.