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Welcome to Ritter ...

Ritter is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ritter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Ritter is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Ritter is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Ritter lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ritter: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Ritter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Ritter - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Ritter ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ritter ...

Looking for more information about Ritter? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ritter, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ritter.

Adding Ritter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ritter post office opened in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ritter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ritter - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Ritter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Ritter 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/