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Welcome to Ridgebury ...

Ridgebury is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridgebury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1817.

Ridgebury is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ridgebury: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Ridgebury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Ridgebury - they are located in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Ridgebury ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ridgebury, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ridgebury ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Port Jervis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Warwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Walden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Washingtonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Goshen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ridgebury ...

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

Adding Ridgebury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ridgebury post office opened in 1817. The Ridgebury post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridgebury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ridgebury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Ridgebury area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Ridgebury area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/