Census Data for Ridgeway

As far as we can tell, Ridgeway has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Ridgeway, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Evarts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evarts is located in Harlan County
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Saint Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
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Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Harlan County
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Benham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benham is located in Harlan County
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Harlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harlan is located in Harlan County
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Pennington Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
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Lynch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lynch is located in Harlan County
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Loyall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County
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Jonesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Lee County (VA)
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Wallins Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
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- The population in 2016 was estimated at 146 people. This represents a 6.41% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 156 people.
Blackey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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Appalachia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Appalachia is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Big Stone Gap
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  - Big Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Duffield
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Duffield is located in Scott County (VA)
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- Hyden
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Hyden is located in Leslie County
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Harlan County ...

Ridgeway is located in Harlan County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Harlan County.

Miscellaneous Information for Ridgeway ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Harlan County or the community of Ridgeway:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ridgeway:
- GNIS ID for Ridgeway: 514921
- GNIS ID for Harlan County: 516894
- GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
- County Code: 095 (Harlan County)
- Place Code: 65298 (Ridgeway)
- State & County Code: 21/095 (Kentucky / Harlan County)
- State & Place Code: 21/65298 (Kentucky / Ridgeway)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Ridgeway is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Ridgeway.

Footnotes ...

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<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Harlan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.