Ridgeway is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Harlan County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
.
History
A post office called Ridgeway was established in 1925, and remained in operation until 1932. The community took its name from the Ridgeway Coal Company.
References
Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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