The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRidgeland is a town in and the county seat of Jasper County, South Carolina, United States. The town incorporation limits extend into Beaufort County up to the Broad River. The population was 3,749 at the 2020 census, all of which resided in Jasper County. Ridgeland is included in the Hilton Head Island metropolitan area. Ridgeland was originally known as "Gopher Hill" in 1894, derived from the gopher tortoise, which is indigenous to the area. The name was not considered good enough for a new railroad station, so it was changed to "Ridgeland" in 1902 by the station ticket master, Frederick Henry Ingram, for the fact that the town stands on a sandy ridge that is some of the highest land in J…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,036 to 3,758 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1999.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ridgeland 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 Ridgeland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ridgeland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ridgeland, decade by decade
2000
CommonsClock in2017
CommonsInt95nRoadSC-Exit21-SC336sign2015
CommonsHoney Hill historical marker SC Hwy 3362015
CommonsNB I-95 Billboards in2014
CommonsU.S. Soldiers assigned to the 108th Chemical Company, South…2013
CommonsWhite Hall Plantation Ruins2012
CommonsWalkway near Jasper's Porch2012
CommonsOld House Plantation2012
CommonsOld House Plantation (cropped)2012
CommonsChurch of the Holy Trinity Jasper County2012
CommonsSCMap-doton-Ridgeland20043 historic places in Ridgeland
3 places in Ridgeland are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1981Jasper County Courthouse
Listed 1982Church of the Holy Trinity
Listed 2015Sinclair Service StationThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.