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Do you know of Ash Ridge ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ash 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 Ash Ridge.<1>

Our sources for Ash Ridge (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ash Ridge other than they indicate that Ash Ridge would be found somewhere in Richland County, Wisconsin.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1871 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Ash Ridge ...

We found one communities that share the name Ash Ridge.

Within Wisconsin, the name Ash Ridge is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Ash Ridge in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ash Ridge [Brown County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ash Ridge ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ash Ridge:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ash Ridge - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Ash Ridge.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 55/03325   (Place Name: Ash Ridge)

County: Richland     (FIPS State/County: 55/103)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Ash Ridge) 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  Richland 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 Richland County.

Bear 
Brady'sFancy Creek
  
DixonJanney's
  
Eagle CornersWest Branch

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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