Welcome to Farm Ridge ...

Farm Ridge is located in La Salle County<1>.

The location of Farm Ridge has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Farm Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

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

Farm Ridge is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Farm Ridge: (815) and (779)<4>

Communities near Farm Ridge ...

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

• Ottawa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
  • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <5>
• Streator
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streator
  • Streator is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,933 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Streator <5>
• Peru
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Peru is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,612 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <5>
• La Salle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Salle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
  • La Salle is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Salle <5>
• Spring Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Spring Valley is located in Bureau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,065 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <5>
• Marseilles
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marseilles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
  • Marseilles is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,778 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marseilles <5>
• Oglesby
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
  • Oglesby is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oglesby <5>
• Seneca
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
  • Seneca is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
  • Seneca has also been known as:
  • Crotty
  • Seneca village
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <5>
• North Utica
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Utica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Utica
  • North Utica is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 people
• Granville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
  • Granville is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granville <5>

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 Farm Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Farm Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Farm 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 Farm Ridge.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Farm Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Farm Ridge? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Farm Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Farm Ridge.

Adding Farm Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Farm Ridge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Farm Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Farm Ridge post office opened in 1844.

We also found Farm Ridge in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Farm Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for La Salle County: www.lasallecounty.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov