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Welcome to Ridlonville ...

Ridlonville is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridlonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Ridlonville is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ridlonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ridlonville: 207

Communities near Ridlonville ...

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

  • Jay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jay is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <3>
  • Wilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Livermore Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bethel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Livermore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • West Paris
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Peru
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,509 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>
  • Woodstock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hartford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartford is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ridlonville ...

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

Adding Ridlonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ridlonville 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 (so far) for Ridlonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ridlonville post office opened in 1897. The Ridlonville post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridlonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Oxford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ridlonville - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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