Welcome to Ridgeside, Tennessee, a City within a City!
Ridgeside was formally chartered in 1925 and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2025.
Check out our 100th anniversary video. Many thanks to Ryan Dugger for his hard work in shooting and editing this beautiful homage to our neighborhood.
Also, many thanks to Linda Allen for putting together some historic documents pertaining to Ridgeside that we are happy to share with everyone!
About Ridgeside
Ridgeside’s residents voted in 1931 to incorporate on the east side of Missionary Ridge. At the time, the city of Chattanooga was several miles away on the north side of the ridge. As Chattanooga grew, it completely surrounded the community that was once a rural farm. There are no retail stores in Ridgeside. The little city is strictly a bucolic community of neighbors, and they seem to like it that way.
City Services
Emergency Fire, Crime, Ambulance
911
East Ridge Police Department
423-622-1725
Garbage and Recycling
Republic Services
+1-800-321-8128
Leaf bag contained brush curbside pickup
Common Ground Tree Service
423-602-0466
History of Ridgeside
Late 1800s to early 1900s: Farmer and landowner John T. Shepherd operates the Hill Glen Dairy on the site of what became Ridgeside.
1922: John Shepherd’s son, Paul W. Shepherd begins conversion of the diary farm into a housing subdivision.
2016: Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) report indicates Ridgeside has less than a one-percent chance of catastrophic flooding.