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Welcome to Ridpath ...

So far, we found very little information about Ridpath. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ridpath to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ridpath, please Contact Us.


Ridpath would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Ridpath, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridpath, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ridpath is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Ridpath was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Ridpath still existed, it would have been in the (614) area code.

Communities Also Named Ridpath ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ridpath - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Ridpath ...

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

  • Columbus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dublin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <5>
  • Grove City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <5>
  • Reynoldsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hilliard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Gahanna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
    • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <5>
  • Upper Arlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Arlington
    • Upper Arlington is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,369 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Arlington <5>
  • Pickerington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Whitehall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
    • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <5>
  • Worthington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthington have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Worthington is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,760 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worthington <5>

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

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

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

Adding Ridpath to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ridpath in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ridpath was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Ridpath post office opened in 1892.

We also found Ridpath on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridpath.

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.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 Ridpath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ridpath - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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