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History · Ridgely Township

28% of Ridgely Township’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 8 buildings between them.

2on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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Where Ridgely Township’s name came from

How did Ridgely Township get its name?

Ridgely Township was organized in 1871, and named after Fort Ridgely.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
On the National Register

2 listings protect 8 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Fort Ridgely
Fort RidgelyFort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources
Districts

Architectural styles listings

NPS Rustic1
Fort RidgelyDistrict
Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic ResourcesNPS Rustic

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ridgely Township
Fort Ridgely StateLoffelmacher PrivateSaint John's Lutheran

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Home TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Newton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCairo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCamp TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ridgely Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Ridgely Township?

Two places: the Fort Ridgely (listed 1970) and the Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources (1989).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2) 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.