Pine Ridge, Dawes County, Nebraska facts for kids

Pine Ridge is a small place in Dawes County, Nebraska, in the United States. It's called an unincorporated community, which means it's a group of homes and people living together, but it doesn't have its own local government like a city or town does.

History of Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge got its own post office in 1911. A post office is where people send and receive letters and packages. This post office helped the people living in Pine Ridge with their mail until it closed down in 1945.

The community was named "Pine Ridge" because of a natural landform nearby. A ridge is a long, narrow raised area of land, like a small mountain range. This particular ridge was covered with many pine trees, which gave the community its name.