Cane Ridge is an archaic placename of Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. According to a local historian, Cane Ridge was one of five main geographic regions of antebellum Jefferson County and was considered
A log schoolhouse and a church were established at Cane Ridge about 1818. According to the WPA history of Jefferson County, The WPA interviewed one old resident who stated, Services were held in the Cane Ridge Methodist Church, which stood "northwest of the town of Lorman" until 1846. A new church was established "where Cane Ridge Cemetery is now located" but this burned or was burned down during the American Civil War. The church was rebuilt in 1867 from materials salvaged from another disused church. The church moved again in 1916.[1]
The area was apparently served by two blacksmiths before the civil war: