Ringgold, TX

Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 146 residents. Ringgold is approximately 20 miles northwest of Montague, the county seat. The area around Ringgold was settled in 1892, when a land owner began selling parcels in the area where the Rock Island Line railroad built a line. Ringgold has one school, Ringgold Elementary School. In Ringgold, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Ringgold, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The town was first named Harrisonia after the land owner, Joe Harris, but he renamed it Ringgold after his wife's family.