Welcome to Norway Ridge ...

Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Norway Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Norway Ridge: Norway Rdg. (or less commonly used: Norway Rdge. or Norway Ridg.)

Norway Ridge is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Norway Ridge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Norway Ridge: 608 & 353<3>

Communities near Norway Ridge ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Norway Ridge.

• Tomah
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tomah is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
• New Lisbon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
• Necedah
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Necedah is located in Juneau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
• Camp Douglas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
• Warrens
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Warrens is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
• Oakdale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oakdale is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
• Hustler
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hustler is located in Juneau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
• Millston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Millston is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
• Wyeville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
• Lynxville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Norway Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Norway Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Norway Ridge. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norway Ridge.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Norway Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Norway Ridge.

Adding Norway Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Norway Ridge in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Norway Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Norway Ridge post office opened in 1874. The Norway Ridge post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Norway Ridge.