Ridge, West Virginia

Ridge
Unincorporated community
Ridge Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°27′46″N 78°18′45″W / 39.46278°N 78.31250°W / 39.46278; -78.31250Coordinates: 39°27′46″N 78°18′45″W / 39.46278°N 78.31250°W / 39.46278; -78.31250
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Morgan
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1545575^[1]

Ridge is an unincorporated community hamlet in Morgan County, West Virginia. It is located along Valley Road (U.S. Highway 522) at its intersection with Fish Hatchery Road (CR 38/10) near the Frederick County, Virginia line. Sleepy Creek and Timber Ridge lie to its east with Warm Springs Ridge lying to its west.

History

Ridge was originally known as Birch Grove, then as Timber Ridge, and then finally as Ridge. Its post office was in operation from 1860 to 1953. Ridge is the home to the Ridge State Fish Hatchery which breeds West Virginia trout used to stock local lakes, such as nearby Sleepy Creek Lake.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ridge, West Virginia

Municipalities and communities of Morgan County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Berkeley Springs

Towns	Berkeley Springs Paw Paw

CDP	Great Cacapon

Unincorporated communities	Berryville Burnt Factory Campbells Cherry Run Doe Gully Duckwall Green Ridge Greenwood Hancock Hansrote Holton Jerome Jimtown Johnsons Mill Largent Lineburg Magnolia Mount Trimble New Hope North Berkeley Oakland Omps Orleans Cross Roads Redrock Crossing Ridersville Ridge Roundtop Rock Gap Sir Johns Run Sleepy Creek Smith Crossroads Spohrs Crossroads Stotlers Crossroads Unger Woodmont Woodrow

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