Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ridgely came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ridgely in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ridgely. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ridgely data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ridgely:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Tennessee (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Ridgely is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Ridgely in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Ridgely for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Ridgely. See our Misc Page for Ridgely for more information.