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Ridge’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Ridge. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Ridge Township is a township in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 132.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 136 to 132 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ridge yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ridge’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Ridge

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Joe EngleJoe EngleChapman · 16 miHarry BeaumontHarry BeaumontAbilene · 14 miDon IhdeDon IhdeHope · 4 miLloyd MetzlerLloyd MetzlerLost Springs · 14 miEarl D. EisenhowerEarl D. EisenhowerAbilene · 14 miMilton Stover EisenhowerMilton Stover EisenhowerAbilene · 14 mi
By decade

Ridge, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ridge is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ridge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William and Minnie Liggett House in Herington, 9.7 miles away.

Ridge and the nearest listed places

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William and Minnie Liggett HouseHerington Carnegie Public LibraryUS Post Office-HeringtonPray Farmstead(s)Prospect Park FarmHoffman and Lamb Buildings

Closest to Ridge

William and Minnie Liggett HouseHerington · Building9.7miHerington Carnegie Public LibraryHerington · Built 19159.9miUS Post Office-HeringtonHerington · Building9.9miPray Farmstead(s)Banner · District10.4miProspect Park FarmRinehart · Building11.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. William and Minnie Liggett House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ridge?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ridge’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hope📜 Logan📜 Union📜 Jefferson
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