The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRidgecrest is a small town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ridgecrest had a population of 583.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 694 to 583 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ridgecrest 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.
Start Ridgecrest’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ridgecrest’s history is told.
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Ridgecrest, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Ridgecrest is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ridgecrest has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Roseland in Ferriday, 1.4 miles away.
Ridgecrest and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.