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Welcome to Cream Ridge ...

Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cream Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.

A typical abbreviation for Cream Ridge: Cream Rdg. (or less commonly used: Cream Rdge. or Cream Ridg.)

Cream Ridge is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cream Ridge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cream Ridge: 660

Communities Also Named Cream Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cream Ridge - it's located in New Jersey.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cream Ridge.

Communities near Cream Ridge ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Meadville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Meadville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Hale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hale is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
  • Breckenridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Laclede
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wheeling
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wheeling is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Linneus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Linneus is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Utica
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Utica is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Chula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Chula is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <3>
  • Laredo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Laredo is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 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 Cream Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cream Ridge.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cream Ridge ...

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

Adding Cream Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cream Ridge post office opened in 1868. The Cream Ridge post office closed in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cream Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cream Ridge - 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/