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Welcome to Ridings ...

Ridings is located

Ridings is located in Fannin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ridings, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

Ridings is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ridings lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ridings: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Ridings ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ridings - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Ridings ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ridings ...

Looking for more information about Ridings? 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 Ridings, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ridings.

Adding Ridings to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ridings 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 for Ridings was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Ridings in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Ridings post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ridings.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fannin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ridings - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Ridings area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Ridings 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/