Ridgeley is an unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Ridgeley in 1868.[2] Ridgeley was likely named for a settler.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ridgeley, Nebraska
  2. William Henry Buss; Thomas T. Osterman (1921). History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska, and Their People. American Historical Society. p. 283.
  3. Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 55. ISBN 0803250606. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.


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