Do you know of Mission Ridge ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mission Ridge. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mission Ridge.

Our sources for Mission Ridge (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mission Ridge other than they indicate that Mission Ridge would be found somewhere in Walker County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1904.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Mission Ridge ...

We found two communities that share the name Mission Ridge.

Within Georgia, the name Mission Ridge is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mission Ridge [Baltimore County].
  • South Dakota
    • Stanley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Mission Ridge [Stanley County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mission Ridge ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mission Ridge:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mission Ridge - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

The FIPS database contains an entry for Mission Ridge.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/51940   (Place Name: Mission Ridge)

County: Walker     (FIPS State/County: 13/295)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Mission Ridge) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Walker County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Walker County.