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Welcome to Ribbon ...

Ribbon is located in Louisa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ribbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Ribbon is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ribbon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ribbon: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Ribbon ...

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

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

Communities near Ribbon ...

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

  • Orange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gordonsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pendleton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Holladay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
  • Trevilians
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Cuckoo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
  • Vigor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vigor is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
  • Bells Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
  • Belmont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ribbon ...

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

Adding Ribbon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ribbon post office opened in 1901. The Ribbon post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ribbon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ribbon - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Ribbon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Ribbon 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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