Do you know of Ridge ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ridge. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Ridge.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Ridge, so we are uncertain whether Ridge is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Ridge would be found somewhere in Henrico County, Virginia.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Ridge ...

We found 41 communities that share the name Ridge.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Ridge.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 39 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ridge [Mecklenburg County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Fayette County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ridge [Fayette County].
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ridge [Greene County].
  - Monroe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ridge [Monroe County].
- Arkansas
  - Craighead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ridge [Craighead County].
- California
  - Mendocino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ridge [Mendocino County].
- Georgia
  - Richmond County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ridge [Richmond County].
- Kansas
  - Linn County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ridge [Linn County].
  - Woodson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ridge [Woodson County].
- Kentucky
  - Elliott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ridge [Elliott County].
- Louisiana
  - Bienville Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ridge [Bienville Parish].
  - Lafayette Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ridge [Lafayette Parish].
- Maine
  - Cumberland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Ridge [Cumberland County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Ridge [Washington County].
- Maryland
  - Saint Mary's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ridge [Saint Mary's County].
- Michigan
  - Alger County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ridge [Alger County].
- Minnesota
  - Koochiching County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ridge [Koochiching County].
  - Polk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ridge [Polk County].
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ridge [Saint Louis County].
- Mississippi
  - Chickasaw County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ridge [Chickasaw County].
- Missouri
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ridge [Carroll County].
- Montana
  - Carter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ridge [Carter County].
- Nebraska
  - Thurston County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ridge [Thurston County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Ridge.
- New York
  - Livingston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ridge [Livingston County].
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ridge [Suffolk County].
- North Carolina
  - Gaston County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ridge [Gaston County].
- Ohio
  - Hancock County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ridge [Hancock County].
  - Noble County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ridge [Noble County].
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ridge [Warren County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ridge.
- Oregon
  - Umatilla County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ridge [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bucks County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ridge [Bucks County].
  - Clearfield County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ridge [Clearfield County].
- South Dakota
  - Spink County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ridge [Spink County].
- Tennessee
  - Claiborne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ridge [Claiborne County].
- Texas
  - Mills County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ridge [Mills County].
  - Robertson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ridge [Robertson County].
- West Virginia
  - Morgan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ridge [Morgan County].
- Wisconsin
  - Sauk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Ridge [Sauk County].
- Wyoming
  - Carbon County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Ridge [Carbon County].

More Orphans in Henrico County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Henrico County.

Acca	Malvern Hill
Azalea Court	Marion Hill
	Mayfield
Battery Park	Meadow Station
Beechwood Park	Meadow
Beverly Hills	Meadowood
Binwell	Meadowview
Bloomingdale	Media Park
Boudar Gardens	Mitchell's
Boulton	Montezuma Gardens
Britton Hills Farms	Montrose Terrace
Brookland Gardens	Monument Heights
Bryan Park	Morrison Farms
Bryan Parkway
Bungalow City	National Heights
Byrd	North Run Hills

Cedar Lawn	Oak View
Chamberlayne North
Coal Hill	Pinedale
Confederate Heights	Providence Park
Courtney
	Richmond
Dickensdale	Rio Vista
	Robbin Dale Farms
East Richmond	Robin Park
Eastmoreland	Roosevelt Park
Elba	Roxbury
	Ruthland
Farmington
Fort Alexander	Scottie Farms
Fort Brady	Shenandoah Place
Fort Gilmer	Shreveport Park
Fort Gregg	Skipwith Farms
Fort Harrison	Sleepy Hollow Estates
Fort Hill	Solomons
Fort Hoke	Staples Mill
Fort Johnson	Stratford Village
	Stukeley Hall Farms
Glen Allen Heights	Sunset Heights
Grantland
Greengate	Thistle
	Tuckahoe Park
Haxall
Hermitage Court	Valentine Hills
Hermitage Farms
Hermitage Park	West End
Highland Gardens	Westbourne
Hunslett	Westdale
Huntington	Westwood
Hutton Heights	White Oak
	Wildwood
Kemps Place	Willow Lawn
Kings Hill	Windcliff
Korah	Winder
	Windsordale
Lakeside Hills	Wistar Farms
Laurel Dell
Laurel Heights	York Manor

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.