Ridgeland is a town in Jasper and Beaufort counties, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,749 at the 2020 census, a 7.1% decrease from 2010. It has been the county chair of Jasper County since the county’s formation in 1912. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Ridgeland is included within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort metropolitan area.

Ridgeland is home to the Ridgeland Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Ridgeland was originally known as “Gopher Hill” in 1894, derived from the gopher tortoise, which is original to the area. The publish was not considered good enough for a other railroad station, so it was distorted to “Ridgeland” in 1902 by the station ticket master, Frederick Henry Ingram, for the fact that the town stands upon a sandy ridge that is some of the highest estate in Jasper County.

Ridgeland is in northeastern Jasper County, with the middle of town sitting on a low ridge at an height above sea level of 62 feet (19 m) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total Place of 44.7 square miles (115.8 km), of which 44.4 square miles (115.1 km²) are house and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km), or 0.59%, are water. The town’s area as of 2010 was 18 times beyond its 2000 area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km). The town limits now extend east into Beaufort County as far-off as the west bank of the Broad River.