Do you know of Ryegate ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ryegate. 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 Ryegate.
Our sources for Ryegate (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ryegate other than they indicate that Ryegate would be found somewhere in Caledonia County, Vermont.
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 Ryegate ...
We found one communities that share the name Ryegate.
Within Vermont, the name Ryegate is unique.
Beyond Vermont, there is another community also named Ryegate in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Golden Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ryegate [Golden Valley County].
- Montana
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ryegate ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ryegate:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ryegate - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Ryegate.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 50/61450 (Place Name: Ryegate (Ryegate Corner))
County: Caledonia (FIPS State/County: 50/005)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Ryegate) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Caledonia County ...
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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 Caledonia County.