Lime Ridge, WI

Lime Ridge is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 158 residents. The earliest settlers of Lime Ridge, as they arrived in the late 1850s, cleared the land of timber to plant crops, though others used the hardwood to make and sell railroad ties and stave bolts. The first post office was established in 1858. The through line in Lime Ridge is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Lime Ridge makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.