Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1947 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Lyme’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Lyme yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
New Lyme is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 193 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 168 to 193 (+15%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention New Lyme, cut from the printed page as they were published.
was chosen chairman of the town the following year, to use his influence with the county board to get rid of that territory, the result being that at the county board meeting of 1872 or 1873 the town of New Lyme Avas organized, being the old town of Eaton.
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was chosen chairman of the town the following year, to use his influence with the county board to get rid of that territory, the result being that at the county board meeting of 1872 or 1873 the town of New Lyme was organized, being the old town of Eaton. i
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were these: Adrian, Byron, Clifton, Glendale, Lincoln, LaGrange, Oakdale, Ridgeville, town of Tomah, Wilton and the city of Tomah, and against it were Angelo, Greenfield, Lafayette, Leon, Little Falls, New Lyme, Portland, Sheldon, town of Sparta, Wellington, Wells and the city of Sparta, so that we find the alignment of this vote almost what it was as far as territory is concerned, when the vote on that famous county seat resolution
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Lyme. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of New Lyme.
Nobody well known was born in New Lyme itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
