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we pass this GPS location for Ridgewood:
35.806818, -78.682782
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We found 41 communities that share the name Ridgewood.
There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named Ridgewood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Rowan County
This Ridgewood is located in Rowan County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Ridgewood.
Union County
This Ridgewood is located in Union County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Ridgewood.
Wayne County
This Ridgewood is located in Wayne County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Ridgewood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Ridgewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ridgewood.
Madison County
This Ridgewood is located in Madison County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ridgewood.
Pike County
This Ridgewood is located in Pike County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ridgewood.
California
Placer County
This Ridgewood is located in Placer County and lies 2,260 miles [3,637.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Ridgewood.
Colorado
Boulder County
This Ridgewood is located in Boulder County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Ridgewood.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Ridgewood is located in Middlesex County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Ridgewood.
New London County
This Ridgewood is located in New London County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Ridgewood.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Ridgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Ridgewood.
Florida
Alachua 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 Florida community of Ridgewood [Alachua County].
Clay County
This Ridgewood is located in Clay County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Ridgewood.
Polk County
This Ridgewood is located in Polk County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the south southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Ridgewood.
Putnam County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ridgewood [Putnam County].
Georgia
Chatham County
This Ridgewood is located in Chatham County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Ridgewood.
Clayton County
This Ridgewood is located in Clayton County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km] to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Ridgewood.
Gwinnett County
This Ridgewood is located in Gwinnett County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Ridgewood.
Richmond County
This Ridgewood is located in Richmond County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Ridgewood.
Illinois
Cook 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 Illinois community of Ridgewood [Cook County].
Will County
This Ridgewood is located in Will County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ridgewood.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Ridgewood is located in Morgan County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Ridgewood.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Ridgewood is located in Caddo Parish and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Ridgewood.
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Ridgewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Ridgewood.
Maryland
Saint Mary's County
This Ridgewood is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Ridgewood.
New Jersey
Bergen County
This Ridgewood is located in Bergen County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bergen County community of Ridgewood.
New York
Niagara County
This Ridgewood is located in Niagara County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the north of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Ridgewood.
Oneida 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 New York community of Ridgewood [Oneida County].
Queens County
This Ridgewood is located in Queens County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Ridgewood.
Ohio
Clark County
This Ridgewood is located in Clark County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ridgewood.
Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Ridgewood [Muskingum County].
Ontario
This Ridgewood lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the north of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Ridgewood is located in Berks County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Ridgewood.
Luzerne County
This Ridgewood is located in Luzerne County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km] to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Ridgewood.
South Carolina
Charleston 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 South Carolina community of Ridgewood [Charleston County].
Oconee County
This Ridgewood is located in Oconee County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Ridgewood.
Richland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ridgewood [Richland County].
Tennessee
Bradley County
This Ridgewood is located in Bradley County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Ridgewood.
Campbell County
This Ridgewood is located in Campbell County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Ridgewood.
Jefferson County
This Ridgewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the west of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ridgewood.
West Virginia
Cabell County
This Ridgewood is located in Cabell County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Ridgewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgewood ...
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.
Chestnut Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ridgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgewood and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the southeast (SE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Ridgewood to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8068, Longitude: -78.6828 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ridgewood 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 county. 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Ridgewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.976 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.211 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.482 degrees.