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Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, is a village mostly north of State Highway 18 / 151 in Dane County about 25 miles west of
Madison. It is adjacent to Blue Mounds State Park and is just west of Cave of the Mounds. It has about 990 residents.
Blue Mounds was named by French missionaries for the bluish hue of three nearby mounds. The color was caused by the presence of copper.