Ridgeway (town), Wisconsin facts for kids
Ridgeway is a small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. In 2020, about 563 people lived there. The Village of Ridgeway is located inside the town. Another small community called Hyde is also part of the town.
About Ridgeway's Land
Ridgeway covers an area of about 42.7 square miles (110.6 square kilometers). Most of this area is land. Only a very small part, about 0.04 square miles (0.1 square kilometers), is water.
Who Lives in Ridgeway?
Back in 2000, there were 581 people living in Ridgeway. The town had 211 households, which are groups of people living together. Most of these were families, about 166 of them.
The people in Ridgeway were spread out by age. About 28.7% of the people were under 18 years old. About 9.0% were 65 years old or older. The average age in the town was 38 years.
Ridgeway's Spooky History
Ridgeway is famous for its ghost stories! People have reported seeing the "Ridgeway Ghost" for a very long time. These stories started in the 1840s and continued even into the 1990s.
Some stories even say the Ridgeway Phantom caused someone's death. This is very unusual for ghost stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society even has an old newspaper article from The New York Times about these tales, dated December 7, 1902. There are hundreds of these stories, including haunted houses and even werewolf sightings!
