Welcome to Raspberry ...

Raspberry is located in Pope County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Raspberry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Raspberry is 1,930 feet [588 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Raspberry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Raspberry - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Kentucky and Virginia.

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

Communities near Raspberry ...

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

• Hector
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hector is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hector <3>
• Tilly
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tilly is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
• Witt's Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
• Laurel ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
• Alread
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Alread is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
• Rex
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rex is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
• Copeland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
• Mount Judea
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
• Scottsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Scottsville is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
• Watts
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Watts is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts

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 Raspberry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Raspberry.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Raspberry. 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 Raspberry.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raspberry ...

Looking for more information about Raspberry? 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 Raspberry, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Raspberry.

Adding Raspberry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Raspberry 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 Raspberry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Raspberry post office opened in 1907. The Raspberry post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raspberry.