Official Name: | Uusküla |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Rapla County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Rapla Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Uusküla is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.[1] Rapla Cemetery is located in Uusküla.
Uusküla was attested in written sources as Usekulle in 1409, Husekull in 1410, and Udenküll in 1725. The name literally means 'new village'. It is hypothesized that the village was created after the establishment of Alu Manor to the northwest and the loss of the village at that site, and that the name refers to a new substitute village.[2]
Notable people that were born or lived in Uusküla include the following: