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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ridgeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgeville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Ridgeville:
    • 39.528671, -84.176881
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ridgeville
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Ridgeville ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Ridgeville.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Ridgeville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Wyandot County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Wyandot County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Ridgeville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Butler County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Ridgeville.
      • Etowah County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Etowah County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km] to the south southwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Ridgeville.
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Trinity County and lies 2,022 miles [3,254.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Ridgeville.
    • Georgia
      • McIntosh County
      • This Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McIntosh County community of Ridgeville.
    • Illinois
      • Iroquois County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Iroquois County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Ridgeville.
    • Indiana
      • Randolph County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Randolph County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Ridgeville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Ridgeville lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Carroll County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<2> to the east of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Ridgeville.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Lenawee County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the north of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Ridgeville.
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ridgeville [Tippah County].
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Caswell County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Ridgeville.
    • Ontario
      • This Ridgeville lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montour County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Montour County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montour County community of Ridgeville.
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Dorchester County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Ridgeville.
    • Tennessee
      • Moore County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Moore County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Ridgeville.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Ridgeville is located in Mineral County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the east of the Ridgeville that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Ridgeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgeville ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
    • Ferry is located in Greene County
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Warren County
  • Flat Iron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Iron have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron
    • Flat Iron is located in Warren County
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greentree Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
    • Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
  • Hunter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Warren County
  • Manor ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Manor is located in Montgomery County
  • Red Lion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Red Lion is located in Warren County

How Far From Ridgeville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ridgeville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgeville and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Ridgeville to Columbus, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ridgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ridgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5287, Longitude: -84.1769       In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Ridgeville 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Ridgeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.218 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.463 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.623 degrees.









 

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