The name Gotham came from Captain M.W. Gotham (1842-1902), the friend of one of the local store owners. Gotham died with his sons, Lucius and Myron, during a violent storm in the Great Lakes in 1902.
[Source: "1903 Lake Erie Storm Gave Gotham its Name," Milwaukee Sentinel, June 11, 1965]
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