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Welcome to Ramsey ...

Ramsey is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ramsey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Ramsey is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ramsey lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ramsey: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Ramsey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Ramsey - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, California (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia (4), West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ramsey.

Communities near Ramsey ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ramsey.

  • Fordyce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bearden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kingsland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Kingsland is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
  • Thornton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Thornton is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Sparkman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sparkman is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Carthage is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
  • Hopeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hopeville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
  • Ivan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ivan is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • Harlow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Harlow is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
  • Bunn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bunn is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ramsey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ramsey.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ramsey. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ramsey.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ramsey. See our Newspapers Page for Ramsey.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ramsey ...

Looking for more information about Ramsey? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ramsey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ramsey.

Adding Ramsey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ramsey in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ramsey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ramsey post office opened in 1884. The Ramsey post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ramsey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ramsey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Ramsey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Ramsey area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/