Ridgeway
Ridgeway is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,886 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from "Ridge Road," an important highway in the 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 6,600 residents
- Description: town of New York, United States
- Also known as: “Ridgeway Corners”, “Ridgeway, New York”, and “Ridgeway, NY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boxwood Cemetery.
Boxwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Steven Hamsness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boxwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Medina in Orleans County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1849, and is the resting place of many early settlers. Boxwood Cemetery is situated 2½ miles south of Ridgeway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oak Orchard and Medina.
Oak Orchard
Hamlet
Oak Orchard, also known as Oak Orchard on-the-Ridge, is a hamlet in the town of Ridgeway in Orleans County, New York, United States. The Cobblestone Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Oak Orchard is situated 3 miles east of Ridgeway.
Medina
Photo: TheHappyHermit, Public domain.
Medina is a village in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Lake Ontario.
Jeddo
Hamlet
Jeddo is a hamlet in Orleans County, New York, United States. The settlement was established upon lots 40 and 41 along the Ridge Road in the town of Ridgeway on land granted to Seymour Murdock, James Sheldon, Samuel P. Jeddo is situated 3½ miles west of Ridgeway.
Ridgeway
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Ridgeway, Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.26659° or 43° 15′ 60″ northLongitude
-78.3899° or 78° 23′ 24″ westPopulation
6,600Elevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
87M37J86+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 158500190OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5133852Wikidata ID
Q1585899
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Ridgeway” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ridgeway”
- Chechen: “Риджвей”
- Chinese: “里奇韋 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “里奇韋”
- French: “Ridgeway”
- German: “Ridgeway”
- Haitian: “Ridgeway, New York”
- Haitian: “Ridgeway”
- Hungarian: “Ridgeway”
- Italian: “Ridgeway”
- Korean: “리지웨이”
- Mazanderani: “ریجوی (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “ریجوی”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ridgeway”
- Polish: “Ridgeway”
- Spanish: “Ridgeway”
- Swedish: “Ridgeway, New York”
- Swedish: “Ridgeway”
- Tatar: “Риджвей”
- Turkish: “Ridgeway”
- Ukrainian: “Риджвей”
- Uzbek: “Ridgeway, New York”
- Uzbek: “Ridgeway”
- Uzbek: “Ридгеwай”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Ridgeway and Shelby Basin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bates Road Cemetery and Daniels Cemetery.
Orleans County: Must-Visit Destinations
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