Do you know of South Ridge ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South Ridge. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with South Ridge.<1>

Our sources for South Ridge (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of South Ridge other than they indicate that South Ridge would be found somewhere in Ashtabula County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1844 and closed in 1895.

Communities Also Named South Ridge ...

We found seven communities that share the name South Ridge.

Within Ohio, the name South Ridge is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of South Ridge [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of South Ridge [Douglas County].
- Kansas
  - Wilson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of South Ridge [Wilson County].
- Louisiana
  - Caddo Parish
  - 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 Louisiana community of South Ridge [Caddo Parish].
- Minnesota
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of South Ridge [Houston County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of South Ridge.
- Virginia
  - Culpeper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of South Ridge [Culpeper County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Ridge ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South Ridge:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for South Ridge - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in Ashtabula County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Ashtabula County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<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 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 South Ridge 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>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/