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History · Ridge Spring

Ridge Spring’s post office opened in 1884, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Ridge Hill High School. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1880.

1884first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Ridge Spring began

When was Ridge Spring founded?

1884

The Ridge Spring post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ridge (1807), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 328 in 18802020 census: 579142 years
Founding year: the first Ridge Spring post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Ridge Spring’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 Ridge Spring are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 969 in 1980; 579 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ridge Spring’s history is told.

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People over time

Ridge Spring, census by census

02004006008001,00018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 969

Peaked at 969 in 1980; 579 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ridge Spring’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Ridge Spring came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ridge Spring.

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Ridge Hill High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

After a mayoral election in 2025, seven town employees resigned, including the public works director and police chief. The police chief's successor faced disputes in 2026 over the damaging of 14 Flock cameras. An attempt to seek a warrant over an online expletive surrounding Flock cameras in September 2026 resulted in the criticism of the town's local police department.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ridge Spring, 1807 to 1980

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1807Post officeThe Ridge post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Ridge post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Ridge Spring post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 969
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Ridge Spring on the map, 1964 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ridge Spring. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ridge Spring on the 1964 USGS mapRidge Spring on the 1982 USGS map1964Ridge Spring sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ridge Spring.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ridge Spring

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2010
Ridge Hill High School
Ridge Hill High School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Craftsman1
Ridge Hill High SchoolCraftsman

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Ridge Spring’s post office has been open since 1884. Another post office, Ridge, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ridge
1807–1884
Ridge Spring
1884–today
18001910today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Ridge Spring’s history

What year was Ridge Spring founded?

The Ridge Spring post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ridge Spring?

One place: the Ridge Hill High School (listed 2010).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.