Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Ridgeway (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ridgeway. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Ridgeway is located in Harris County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgeway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgeway:
- Harris County (The home county of Ridgeway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ochillee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Fort Benning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Juniper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Warm Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chalybeate Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carrolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Upatoi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fortson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Branton Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- East Edgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Glenns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Twin Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Hilton Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Saint Marys Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Sunset Terrace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Terrace is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Terrace
- Population from the 2010 Census: 846 people
- Wynnton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schley County
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Box Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mauk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Barker Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahs Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- River View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Smith's Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Blanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Prince Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Fontaine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Phenix City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fort Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Oswichee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgeway, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgeway.
Cemeteries Near Ridgeway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgeway.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ridgeway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgeway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McFarlan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culpepper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Neel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Spring CME Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clowers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ridgeway had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baughville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Ossahatchie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Upatoi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Box Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Juniper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Kingsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Schatulga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgeway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgeway.
Newspapers Published in Ridgeway ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgeway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgeway, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgeway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ridgeway:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Schley County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Ridgeway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ridgeway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |