Ridge Spring is a town in Saluda County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ridge Spring had a population of 579. It is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Ridge Hill High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and (1.08%) is covered by water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Ridge Spring town, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|279
|260
|style='background: #ffffe6; |224
|33.90%
|35.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38.69%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|511
|435
|style='background: #ffffe6; |317
|62.09%
|59.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.75%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.12%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|11
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|1.34%
|2.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.25%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|21
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|2.55%
|2.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.32%
|-
|Total
|823
|737
|style='background: #ffffe6; |579
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle-High School, which has a Monetta postal address, and is outside of the city limits in unincorporated Aiken County, is the secondary school of the area.
Areas of the district in Saluda County are zoned to Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary School and Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle-High School.
Ridge Spring has a public library, a branch of the Saluda County Library.
References
External links
- Town of Ridge Spring