Wisconsin · Census place 5508850

Boscobel, Wisconsin

Boscobel is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,265 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 204th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,265
#204 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-36 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,008 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Boscobel. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Boscobel population, 2020 to 2024

Boscobel lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +66.

3,30120203,27720213,17220223,19920233,2652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,300. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Boscobel covers 3.24 square miles of land, for 1,008 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Boscobel is less dense than the typical town.

What county Boscobel is in

All of Boscobel's residents live in Grant County, which had 52,330 residents in 2024. Boscobel holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Boscobel

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Boscobel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53805. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Boscobel is

The Census internal point of Boscobel is at 43.147100, -90.705100. Madison, the capital, is 66.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, WI (4,042 people), 20.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 64.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.147100, -90.705100
DMS
43°08'49.56"N 90°42'18.36"W
UTM
15N 686610.0E 4779706.7N
Geohash
9zxmryww1
Plus code
86MF47WV+RX

Daylight in Boscobel

At 43.15° N, Boscobel gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Boscobel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Fennimore, 11.9 miles away, with 2,775 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Boscobel, WI?

3,265 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.1%) from 3,301 in July 2020.

What county is Boscobel in?

Grant County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Boscobel?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53805.

How far is Boscobel from Madison?

66.8 miles (107.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Boscobel.

What is the nearest larger city to Boscobel?

Lancaster, WI, with 4,042 residents, 20.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.