Ringgold

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Ringgold may refer to:

[edit] Places

• United States
  • Ringgold, Georgia, named after the soldier Samuel Ringgold
  • Ringgold, Louisiana, named after the soldier Samuel Ringgold
  • Ringgold Township, Pennsylvania, named after the soldier Samuel Ringgold
  • New Ringgold, Pennsylvania
  • Ringgold, Texas, named after the family of the founder's wife
  • Ringgold, Virginia
  • Ringgold County, Iowa, named after the soldier Samuel Ringgold
  • Ringgold High School, Monongahela, Pennsylvania

• Ringgold Isles, Fiji

[edit] People

• Cadwalader Ringgold, naval officer, son of Samuel Ringgold, brother of the soldier Samuel Ringgold
• Faith Ringgold
• Samuel Ringgold, Maryland congressman, soldier in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812, father of Cadwalader Ringgold and the soldier Samuel Ringgold
• Samuel Ringgold (soldier), hero of Battle of Palo Alto in the U.S.-Mexican War, after whom numerous communities are named. Son of Samuel Ringgold, brother of Cadwalader Ringgold
• Tench Ringgold

Also:

• Ring Lardner, "Ringgold Wilmer Lardner". He was named after a cousin who was named partly after Cadwalader Ringgold (a friend of Lardner's grandfather)

[edit] Other

• USS Ringgold (DD-89), named after Cadwalader Ringgold
• USS Ringgold (DD-500), named after Cadwalader Ringgold