Editing Ridgeside, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Ridgeside, Tennessee
| other_name               = Shepherd Hills
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = "A city within a city"<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ridgeside.net| title=Ridgeside, Tennessee| publisher=City of Ridgeside| access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref>

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| image_map                = File:Hamilton County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ridgeside Highlighted 4763080.svg
| mapsize                  = 260px
| map_caption              = Location of Ridgeside in Hamilton County, Tennessee
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| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Janet Jobe
| leader_title1            = Commissioner
| leader_name1             = Blane Haywood
| leader_title2            = Commissioner
| leader_name2             = Kurt Faires
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1922
| established_title1       = Incorporated
| established_date1        = 1931<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ridgeside.net/history/2001/2001-Pages/Image5.html |title=2001 small beautiful-03 |access-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081730/http://www.ridgeside.net/history/2001/2001-Pages/Image5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='47'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 0.44
| area_land_km2            = 0.44
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.17
| area_land_sq_mi          = 0.17
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total         = 446
| population_density_km2   = 1016.28
| population_density_sq_mi = 2639.05

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_ft             = 846
| coordinates              = {{coord|35|2|6|N|85|14|53|W|region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 37411<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/37411|title=Ridgeside TN ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref>
|area_code                       = [[Area code 423|423]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-63080<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1299404<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1299404|Soddy-Daisy}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.ridgeside.net}}
| footnotes                = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
| population_est           = 
}}
'''Ridgeside''' is a city in [[Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 446 at the 2020 census<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4763080| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Ridgeside city, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 29, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111415/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4763080| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> and estimated to be 432 in 2018.<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|date=June 27, 2019|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2019}}</ref> Ridgeside is an [[enclave]], as it is completely surrounded by the city limits of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN&ndash;[[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]] [[Chattanooga metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Ridgeside's name is derived from its location on the eastern slope (side) of [[Missionary Ridge]]. Locally, the city is also known as '''Shepherd Hills''', after the bigger of its two subdivisions, the other being Crescent Park.

==History==
Ridgeside is rooted in a [[dairy farm]] operated by John T. Shepherd in the early 1900s. In 1922, John's son, Paul, began building the "Shepherd Hills" subdivision, which was completed in 1952. Shepherd Hills incorporated as a city with the name "Ridgeside" in 1931, in part to avoid being annexed by rapidly growing Chattanooga.<ref>[http://www.ridgeside.net/history/2001/2001-Pages/Image5.html Shepherd Hills Timeline], City of Ridgeside official website.  Retrieved: September 1, 2015.</ref>

Police services for the city of Ridgeside is served by the [[East Ridge, Tennessee|East Ridge Police]],<ref>[http://www.ridgeside.net/assets/InformationSheet.pdf] Ridgeside information sheet.  Retrieved: August 31, 2021.</ref> although at one time the city had its own police department.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBwHxCdbSfM] WDEF From the Archives: 1980 Strange Police Car in Ridgeside.  Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref>

==Geography==
Ridgeside is located in southwestern Hamilton County at {{coord|35.034975|-85.248112|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is surrounded by the city of Chattanooga and is {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of that city's downtown.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.4|km2|order=flip|1}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 443
|1950= 337
|1960= 448
|1970= 458
|1980= 417
|1990= 400
|2000= 389
|2010= 390
|2020= 446
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Ridgeside racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4763080&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 25, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 399
| 89.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 8
| 1.79%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 1
| 0.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 5
| 1.12%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 13
| 2.91%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 20
| 4.48%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 446 people, 203 households, and 180 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 389 people, 156 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,250.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 162 housing units at an average density of {{convert|937.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.54% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.14% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 2.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.77% of the population.

There were 156 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 18.8% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $88,996, and the median income for a family was $96,602. Males had a median income of $63,750 versus $45,313 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $35,138. About 1.8% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ridgeside.net/ City of Ridgeside official website]

{{Hamilton County, Tennessee}}

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[[Category:Cities in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in Hamilton County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in the Chattanooga metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Neighborhoods in Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Enclaves in the United States]]