Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ridge Farm came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ridge Farm 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 Ridge Farm. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ridge Farm 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 Ridge Farm:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Ridge Farm in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Ridge Farm for more information.

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

Railroad Mentions of Ridge Farm:

Ridge Farm was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)