Do you know of Ridley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ridley. 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 Ridley.<1>

We found mention of Ridley as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Ridley ...

We found seven communities that share the name Ridley.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Ridley is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Ridley.
- Georgia
  - Heard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ridley [Heard County].
- Iowa
  - Clayton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ridley [Clayton County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Ridley.
- Oklahoma
  - Comanche County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ridley [Comanche County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Ridley.
- Tennessee
  - Maury County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ridley [Maury County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ridley ...

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Delaware County ...

Can you help?

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 Delaware County.

Allendale Farms	Lincoln Park
Ambler Farms	Linwood Park
Annaline Village	Linwood Station
Arlington	Linwood Terrace
Aronimink Heights	Lippen
Aronimink Park	Llangelan Hills
Aston	Long Acre Park
Avondale Knolls	Lower Feltonville
	Lynnwood Park
Barker
Beatty Hills	Manoa Heights
Beechwood Park	Manor Hills
Beechwood	Maplewood Park
Booth Corner	Marple Gardens
Boothwyn Highlands	Marple Heights
Briarcliff	Marple Woods
Bridgewater Farms	Marshall Terrace
Brighton	Marvel Gardens
Brookhaven Gardens	McCafferty Village
Buckman Village	Merwood
Burnside	Middletown Heights
Bywood Heights	Millbank
	Milmont Park
Carroll Park	Model Village
Chatham Park	Moores
Chatham Village	Morgan's Station
Clearbrook	Morton's Station
Clifton	Mount Pleasant
Colonial Park	Moylan - Rose Valley
Concord
Conestoga Farms	Nassau Village
Corbindale	Nether Providence
Country Club Estates	North Aronimink
Crozar Terrace	North Essington
Crozer Park Gardens	North Larchmont
Curtis Park	Norwood Park
	Norwood Station
Darby Creek
Darlington	Oakdale
Derwood Park	Oakeola
Drexel Gardens	Oakmont Park
Drexel Park	Oakview Park
Drexel Plaza	Oakview
Drexelbrook	Ogden Park
Dunminning	Old Forge
	Orchard Hills
Eagle Farms
Eagle Heights	Park Place
Eastwick	Pembroke
Edgemont Park	Penn Pines
Edgewood Park	Pleasant Hill
Edgmont	Primos - Secane
Elgin Park	Providence Village
Esington
	Ridgewood Park
Faraday Park	Ridley Farms
Felton	Ridley Gardens
Fishers Corner	Ridley Parkview
Flower Hill	Ridleyville
Foxcroft West	Roach's
Foxwood Park	Rolling Park
Franklin Center	Rosetree Woods

Gibson Point	Sandy Bank
Gladstone	Scenic Hills
Glendale Gardens	Secane Highlands
Golf Villa	Sharon Park
Grace Park	Shavertown
Green Hills	South Ardmore
Greenbrier	Spring Hill
Greenview Park	Springfield Park
	Stonehurst Hills
Hance	Sun Village
Harwood Park	Surrey Hills
Heatherwold	Surry
High Meadows	Swarthmorwood
Highland Heights
Hinkson Corner	Thurlow
Hopewell	Timberwyck
Horntown	Toby Farms
Howellsville	Todmorron
Howellville	Twin Oaks Farms

Irvington	Upland Park

Kedron Park	Valley View Acres
Kellysville	Valley View Farms
Knowltonwood
	Wallingford Hills
Lamokin Village	Waverly Heights
Langford Hills	West Haverford
Lansdowne Park Gardens	Westwood Park
Lapidea Hills	White Marsh Village
Larkin Corner	Williamson School
Larkin Knoll	Williamson
Larkins Corner	Willowbrook
Lazaretto Station	Woodlyn Park
Leedon Gardens	Woodmere Park
Lenni Heights	Woodview
Lenni Mills	Wyncroft
Lennox Park	Wynglade Park

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ridley 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.