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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about River Ridge came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of River Ridge in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about River Ridge. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our River Ridge data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for River Ridge:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for River Ridge. See our Misc Page for River Ridge for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/