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Communities Also Named Ridgeville ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Ridgeville.

Within Manitoba, the name Ridgeville is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of seventeen communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other sixteen communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Butler County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Ridgeville.
      • Etowah County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Etowah County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Ridgeville.
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Trinity County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Ridgeville.
    • Georgia
      • McIntosh County
      • This Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McIntosh County community of Ridgeville.
    • Illinois
      • Iroquois County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Iroquois County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Ridgeville.
    • Indiana
      • Randolph County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Randolph County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Ridgeville.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Carroll County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Ridgeville.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Lenawee County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Ridgeville.
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ridgeville [Tippah County].
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Caswell County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Ridgeville.
    • Ohio
      • Warren County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Warren County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Ridgeville.
      • Wyandot County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Wyandot County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Ridgeville.
    • Ontario
      • This Ridgeville lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montour County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Montour County and lies 1,138 miles [1,831.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montour County community of Ridgeville.
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Ridgeville.
    • Tennessee
      • Moore County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Moore County and lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Ridgeville.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Mineral County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Ridgeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgeville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Dominion City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Edenburg ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Fleece
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fleece is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleece
  • Green Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Humboldt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Orleans
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Orleans is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Pansy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
  • Sultan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sultan is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sultan

How Far From Ridgeville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ridgeville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgeville and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Ridgeville to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Ridgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ridgeville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Ridgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ridgeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0645, Longitude: -97.0103    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.989 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.751 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.687 degrees.