Welcome to Ridgelawn ...

Ridgelawn is located in Richland County<1>.

The location of Ridgelawn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridgelawn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Ridgelawn is 1,910 feet [582 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Ridgelawn lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Ridgelawn (for example, toward Alexander (ND)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The area code for Ridgelawn: (406)

Communities Also Named Ridgelawn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Ridgelawn: This one is located in Richland County and the other is located in Dawson County.

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

Communities near Ridgelawn ...

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

• Sidney
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>
• Fairview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
• Harding
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Cartwright
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Cartwright is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartwright <4>
• Dore
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
  • Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Piche
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
  • Piche is located in Richland County
• Charbonneau
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
  • Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Crane
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Richland County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <4>
• Alexander
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Alexander is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <4>
• Trenton
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Williams County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ridgelawn ...

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

Adding Ridgelawn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ridgelawn 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 for Ridgelawn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ridgelawn post office opened in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridgelawn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Richland County: www.richland.org/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/