Cedar Ridge, California

About Cedar Ridge

Cedar Ridge, CA is a small unincorporated community located in central California.

Cedar Ridge holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 7.81 square miles.

📰 Cedar Ridge News Today

• Cedar Ridge Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Hidden Grove development project near Grass Valley to be voted on by board of supervisors CBS News · Apr 8
• Proposed Cedar Ridge development up for review TheUnion.com · Feb 18
• Update: Missing Cedar Ridge Man Found myMotherLode.com · Feb 4
• Cedar Ridge man with Alzheimer’s found alive after overnight search uniondemocrat.com · Feb 6

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cedar Ridge Unique

• The only place in America named Cedar Ridge — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

⚡ Quick Facts

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