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History · Lima

32% of Lima’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lima’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lima are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lima, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lima’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lund
1858–1889
Tarrant
1893–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tarrant
Gone or out of use
Averill SchoolschoolDuscham SchoolschoolFall Creek SchoolschoolHoward SchoolschoolLuna SchoolschoolPrairie SchoolschoolPrissel Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lima
Holy Rosary

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lima, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lima yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lima ( LY-mə) is a town in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 693 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Tarrant is located in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 702 in 2010, 693 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Lima, 1858 to 1929

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Lund post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Lund post office closes
  4. 1893Post officeThe Tarrant post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Tarrant post office closes
  7. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Lima on the map, 1929 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lima. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lima on the 1929 USGS mapLima on the 1932 USGS mapLima on the 1972 USGS map1929Durand sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lima.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lima

Nobody well known was born in Lima itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Helen ParkhurstAmerican educator, author, and lecturer · b. 1887
Ole H. OlsonAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Thomas DreierAmerican editor, writer, advertising executive,… · b. 1884
Lucius Roy HolbrookUnited States Army general · b. 1875
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Bruce HunterAmerican politician · b. 1955
Willard Ames HolbrookMajor General · b. 1860
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

DurandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPeruIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlbanyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCantonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.