THE NEW LYME LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
New Lyme town has 35.4 square miles of land in Monroe County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Lyme and Monroe County
New Lyme is associated with Monroe County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
New Lyme by land and water
The Census records 0.48 square miles of water within New Lyme, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Monroe County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Lyme town has 59.6 times the land area of nearby Cataract CDP (0.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

