Welcome to Ritchie ...Ritchie is located Ritchie is located in McLennan County<1>. Ritchie is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Ritchie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Ritchie: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Ritchie - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ritchie. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ritchie. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ritchie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ritchie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ritchie. 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 Ritchie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ritchie. See our Newspapers Page for Ritchie. Looking for more information about Ritchie? 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 Ritchie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ritchie. We originally found mention of Ritchie 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 Ritchie was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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