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Welcome to Ringo ...

Ringo is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ringo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

Ringo is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ringo: 620

Communities Also Named Ringo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ringo - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ringo.

Communities near Ringo ...

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

  • Pittsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Frontenac
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Girard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Girard is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,656 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Girard <3>
  • Arma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherokee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Liberal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
    • Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Weir
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
    • Weir is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Mulberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Mulberry is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulberry <3>
  • Scammon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • McCune
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ringo ...

Looking for more information about Ringo? 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 Ringo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ringo.

Adding Ringo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ringo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ringo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Ringo post office opened in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ringo.

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

The official website for Crawford County: www.crawfordcountykansas.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ringo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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