Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Ridgewood (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ridgewood. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Ridgewood is located in Clark County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgewood:
- Clark County (The home county of Ridgewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Greenlawn Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oakwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Northridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Kenwood Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Tremont City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Limestone City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- New Moorefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Green Hedges
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Powhattan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mutual
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Christiansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- North Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Port William
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Burlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Milledgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Franklin County
- Lake Darby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberforce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Pinewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Beavercreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Middleburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Logansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Zanesfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- South Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plumwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Gillivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chuckery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Range
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tipp City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Ginghamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Deerpark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Fort McKinley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Milford Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgewood, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgewood.
Cemeteries Near Ridgewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgewood.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ridgewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Old Columbia Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Raphaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Comer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Masonic Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ohio Masonic Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graybill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Callison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (529 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Ridgewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood, with the one closest to Ridgewood listed first.
- Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lagonda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Durbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Tremont City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beatty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Moorefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Bowlusville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Mad River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Donnelsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hustead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Pitchin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Thorps
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgewood.
Newspapers Published in Ridgewood ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgewood, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgewood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ridgewood:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Ridgewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ridgewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |