name. Gotham
offical name. City of Gotham
country. United States of America
state. Gotham
locale. Gotham County
identity. Public

Gotham City is the hometown of Batman and the Bat-Family. It is often depicted as being on the East Seaboard of the United States. Gotham has changed depiction, including the city's geography and architecture. From the Bronze Age of Comics, Gotham's politics have often been depicted as having heavy ties to organised crime and corruption. Gotham itself has become a central location in the DC Universe, with many characters like Superman, Swamp Thing, Green Lanterns and the JLA visiting the city on occasion..

‣ GOTHAM'S HISTORY

Gotham City was founded in 1635 by Captain Jon Logerquist. Logerquist was a Swedish mercenary who served the Swedish Empire during the Thirty Years' War and fought in the Battle of Nördlingen in Swabia. To escape the religious wars raging throughout Europe, Logerquist and a small group of colonists decided to pursue a new life in North America, where they established a settlement on the East Coast in 1635. Captain Logerquist named the territory Fort Adolphus after Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, who had died in the Battle of Lützen a few years earlier.

Fort Adolphus, along with New Netherland, was later ceded to the British in 167,4, and English General Adam Howe took over as governor. Howe then renamed the settlement Gotham City. This mirrors the history of many American cities that changed hands over time. During the American Revolutionary War, Gotham City was the site of a significant battle, and rumours held it to be the site of various occult rites.

‣ GOTHAM'S MAYORS

Here is the representative or the known mayors from the Gotham:

• Fiorello H. LaGuardia
• Mayor Hayes
• Hamilton Hill
• Mayor Lieberman,
• Armand Krol
• Marion Grange
• Daniel Danforth Dickerson III
• David Hull