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Welcome to Chigger Ridge ...

So far, we found very little information about Chigger Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chigger Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chigger Ridge, please Contact Us.

Chigger Ridge would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Chigger Ridge is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Chigger Ridge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Chigger Ridge (for example, toward Tallapoosa (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Codes where Chigger Ridge was located: 256 & 938<4>

Communities near Chigger Ridge ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oxford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Anniston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Rainbow City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Southside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Attalla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chigger Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chigger Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Chigger Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Chigger Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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