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Welcome to Mission Ridge ...

Mission Ridge is located in Stanley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mission Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

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

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Mission Ridge had a population of 177 people.<2> (see below for details).

Mission Ridge is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<3>.

Area Code for Mission Ridge: 605

Communities Also Named Mission Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mission Ridge - they are located in Georgia and Maryland.

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

Communities near Mission Ridge ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Mission Ridge.

  • Lacy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lacy is located in Stanley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
    • Estimated population in 2014: 66 people
  • Okobojo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oahe
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oahe is located in Hughes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oahe
    • Estimated population in 2014: 474 people
  • Hayes
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Parade
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgeview
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Butte
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • North Eagle Butte
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mission Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Mission 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.

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

Adding Mission Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mission Ridge post office opened in 1920.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Stanley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mission Ridge.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mission Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/