The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Goodridge.
A post office called Goodridge has been in operation since 1915. The city was named for a ridge near the town site.
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History · Goodridge
Goodridge’s post office opened in 1915
Most of Goodridge was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1920.
1915first post office
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7%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Goodridge began
When was Goodridge founded?
1915
The Goodridge post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 231 in 19202020 census: 112111 years
Founding year: the first Goodridge post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Goodridge’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Goodridge’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goodridge’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Goodridge, decade by decade
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Goodridge on the map in 1972
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Goodridge.
1972Goodridge sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Goodridge.
People over time
Goodridge, census by census
Between 98 and 231 people in every census since 1920.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Goodridge’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Goodridge itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Goodridge’s post office has been open since 1915.
Gone or out of use
Goodridge Railroad Stationlocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Goodridge’s history
What year was Goodridge founded?
The Goodridge post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.