Welcome to Ridge ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

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

Ridge is within the boundaries of the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Ridge - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota (3), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Adding Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ridge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Ridge post office opened in 1869.

We also found Ridge in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridge.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/