The story
Read it all →How Ringgold Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Ringgold Township.
Ringgold was founded around 1847. A post office has been in operation at Ringgold since 1847.
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History · Ringgold Township
Ringgold Township’s post office opened in 1847, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940
1847first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Ringgold Township began
When was Ringgold Township founded?
1847
The Ringgold Township post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dora (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 773179 years
Founding year: the first Ringgold Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Ringgold Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ringgold Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Ringgold Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Ringgold Township.
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Start Ringgold Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ringgold Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Dora, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ringgold
Dora
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CorbettownDoraNorth FreedomRinggoldSunrise
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ringgold Township
Dora EvangelicalNorth Freedom United Methodist ChurchRinggold United Methodist ChurchSaint James Lutheran ChurchWorthville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Ringgold Township, 1847 to 1973
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1847Post officeThe Ringgold post office opens
- 1883Post officeThe Dora post office opens
- 20th century
- 1973Post officeThe Dora post office closes
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Ringgold Township
Nobody well known was born in Ringgold Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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David BarclayAmerican politician · b. 1823D
DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Beaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPorter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTimblinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWorthvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOliver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedbank TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Ringgold Township’s history
What year was Ringgold Township founded?
The Ringgold Township post office opened in 1847, 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 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.