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 Ridgewood (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 Ridgewood. 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 Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Ridgewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish .
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of East Baton Rouge Parish : Ascension , East Feliciana , Iberville , Livingston , Saint Helena , West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana .
Below are the parishes that are near Ridgewood. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgewood:
East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Ridgewood)
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Monticello (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Central (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <2>
Maribel Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maribel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Merrydale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrydale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Greenwell Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwell Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwell Springs Greenwell Springs is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwell Springs <2>
Brownfields (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownfields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Woodshire Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodshire Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Zion City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Shenandoah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Inniswold (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inniswold have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inniswold Inniswold is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inniswold <2>
Westminster (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Baton Rouge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Ascension Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Hope Villa (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Villa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish Bullion (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion Bullion is located in Ascension Parish Oak Grove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish Galvez Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galvez Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish Hobart (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart Hobart is located in Ascension Parish Prairieville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville Prairieville is located in Ascension Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairieville <2>
Little Prairie (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish Claybank (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claybank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank Claybank is located in Ascension Parish Galvez (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galvez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Summerfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish Duplessis (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Dutch Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Assumption Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Belle Terre (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Belle Terre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish Burbank ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burbank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Burbank is located in Assumption Parish East Feliciana Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Slaughter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaughter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Slaughter is located in East Feliciana Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slaughter <2>
Blairstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blairstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish Lindsay (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish Bells Store ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bells Store have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish Ethel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Clinton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <2>
Jackson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
Wilson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Iberville Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Iberville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville Iberville is located in Iberville Parish Sunshine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Saint Gabriel (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Morrisonville ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrisonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish Plaquemine (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaquemine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaquemine Plaquemine is located in Iberville Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 6,384 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaquemine <2>
Carville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carville Carville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carville <2>
Bayou Goula (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Indian Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish White Castle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Castle White Castle is located in Iberville Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Castle <2>
Grosse Tete (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grosse Tete have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosse Tete Grosse Tete is located in Iberville Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grosse Tete <2>
Rosedale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Rosedale is located in Iberville Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <2>
Maringouin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maringouin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maringouin Maringouin is located in Iberville Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maringouin <2>
Livingston Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Denham Springs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
Former names for Denham Springs:
Amite Springs Hill's Springs Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
Watson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Watson is located in Livingston Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson <2>
Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Walker is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Oldfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish Port Vincent (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
Livingston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Livingston is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 2,004 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livingston <2>
French Settlement (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Holden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Holden is located in Livingston Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <2>
Starns (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns Starns is located in Livingston Parish Albany (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Albany is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <2>
Georgeville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georgeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish Maurepas (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pointe Coupee Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Glynn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glynn Glynn is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glynn <2>
Hermitage (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Rougon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rougon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rougon Rougon is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rougon <2>
Lakeland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Patin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Ventress (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Jarreau (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarreau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarreau Jarreau is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarreau <2>
Oscar (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
New Roads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Dupont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Saint Helena Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Grangeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish Pine Grove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Pine Grove is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Grove <2>
Montpelier (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
Coleman Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleman Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish Tangipahoa Parish
Baptist (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish West Baton Rouge Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Port Allen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Lobdell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lobdell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Brusly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brusly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <2>
Devalls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Carey (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Addis (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Addis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <2>
Wilbert ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Arbroth (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Erwinville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
West Feliciana Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Saint Francisville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville Saint Francisville is located in West Feliciana Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 1,589 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Francisville <2>
Bains (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgewood, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Ridgewood .
Cemeteries Near Ridgewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgewood.
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 Ridgewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Shanks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shanks Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shanks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Rose Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Youngblood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Youngblood Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Youngblood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Devall Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devall Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Bradford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradford Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bradford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Edwards Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Greenoaks Memorial Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenoaks Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenoaks Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Baton Rouge . The Greenoaks Memorial Park has also been known as:
Green Oaks Memorial Park Greenoaks Memorial Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67665 <4>
Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Chambers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chambers Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chambers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Plainview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - New (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - New To give a relative sense of its location, the Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - New is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> Denham Springs . The Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - New has also been known as:
Amite Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #804762 <4>
Continue List (296 more) ...
Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - Old (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - Old To give a relative sense of its location, the Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - Old is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> Denham Springs . The Amite Baptist Church Cemetery - Old has also been known as:
Amite Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401340 <4>
Knox Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> O'Neal Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Neal Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the O'Neal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1>
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.<6>
While we didn't find Ridgewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
Magnolia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Denham Springs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
Former names for Denham Springs:
Amite Springs Hill's Springs Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
Baton Rouge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Baker (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Walker is located in Livingston Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Stonypoint ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonypoint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Port Allen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Hopeville ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Gardere (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Zachary (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
Oldfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish Irene (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Continue List (15 more) ...
Lobdell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lobdell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Brusly Landing (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brusly Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Devalls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgewood .
Newspapers Published in Ridgewood ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgewood, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Ridgewood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Ridgewood:
Websites specific to Louisiana Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish Genealogy information for nearby parishes
Ascension Parish Assumption Parish East Feliciana Parish Iberville Parish Livingston Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Saint Helena Parish Tangipahoa Parish West Baton Rouge Parish West Feliciana Parish Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
<1> 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. While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. 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 . 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- Ridgewood) to Point B. 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 Ridgewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.