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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about South Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added South Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with South Ridge, please Contact Us.
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 South Ridge (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 South Ridge. 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.
Name Variations for South Ridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Ridge: S. Ridge
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Ridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of South Ridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilson County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wilson County: Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near South Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Ridge:
- Wilson County (The home county of South Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Vilas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vilas is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Rest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rest is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Roper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Benedict
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Benedict Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benedict Junction is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict Junction
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middletown is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altoona is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Coyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coyville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Fredonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hilford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hilford is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilford
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Petrolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Petrolia is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Octagon City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Octagon City is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon City
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- La Harpe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carlyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- Elsmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Savonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Anderson County
- Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Porterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Le Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aliceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Gridley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gridley is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Crawford County
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Busby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Upola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Upola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upola
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Fall River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Neal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Neal is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Virgil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Virgil is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Labette County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Morehead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morehead is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehead
- Dennis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Chanute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Earlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Earlton is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Rollin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Thayer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Odense
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Erie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galesburg is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Stark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- North Ridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Ridge is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge
- Cookville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Durand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Durand is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Yates Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Piqua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hasty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hasty is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Batesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batesville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Neosho Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Toronto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for South Ridge.
Cemeteries Near South Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Ridge.
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 South Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Village Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colfax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vilas Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swede Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ellison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (146 more) ...
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chanute.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92360 <3>
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find South Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Ridge, with the one closest to South Ridge listed first.
- Vilas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vilas is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Rest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rest is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Cookville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Roper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Chanute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Benedict
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Earlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Earlton is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Benedict Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benedict Junction is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict Junction
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middletown is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altoona is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Yates Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Ridge.
Newspapers Published in South Ridge ...
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 183 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Ridge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 South Ridge:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Coffey County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Greenwood County
- Labette County
- Montgomery County
- Neosho County
- Woodson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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 South Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |