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Welcome to Fox Ridge ...

Fox Ridge is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fox Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Fox Ridge: Fox Rdg. (or less commonly used: Fox Rdge. or Fox Ridg.)

Fox Ridge is 2,870 feet [875 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fox Ridge is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Fox Ridge lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Fox Ridge (for example, toward Dupree), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Fox Ridge: 605

Communities Also Named Fox Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Fox Ridge - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fox Ridge ...

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

  • Opal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Canyon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
  • Mud Butte
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Red Owl
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Red Owl is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
  • Faith
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Zeona
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Date
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Date is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date
  • Marcus
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Enning
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • White Owl
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fox Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Fox Ridge? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fox Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fox Ridge.

Adding Fox Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fox Ridge 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 (so far) for Fox Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fox Ridge post office opened in 1911. The Fox Ridge post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fox Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fox Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/