Dry Ridge, Kentucky

About Dry Ridge

Dry Ridge is a small town in northern Kentucky counting 2,207 people who proudly call it home.

Dry Ridge holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 5.16 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 428 residents per square mile.

📰 Dry Ridge News Today

• Scooter Frances Varner Jr. Obituary (2026) - Dry Ridge, KY - Don Catchen & Son Funeral Home - Elsmere Legacy obituary · Aug 12
• Kentucky state troopers investigating after apparent Dry Ridge murder-suicide fox56news.com · Feb 2
• Dry Ridge Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
• Schedule - Grant County Braves (Dry Ridge, KY) Basketball 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 10
• Police identify 81-year-old woman who died in northern Kentucky crash WLWT · Jan 20

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Dry Ridge Unique

• Positioned in northern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Kentucky — one of 555 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 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Dry Ridge

• Happy Dragon — chinese
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Waffle House — american
• Beans
• Cracker Barrel — american
• LaRosa's Pizzeria — pizza
• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Skyline Chili — chili

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dry Ridge

• Piddle Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Dry Ridge

• Crittenden-Mt. Zion Elementary
• Dry Ridge Elementary
• Grant County High School
• Grant County Middle School
• Sherman Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Dry Ridge

🏘️ Nearby Communities