Welcome to Retta ...So far, we found very little information about Retta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Retta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Retta, please Contact Us. Retta would have been located within present day Pope County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Retta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Retta is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Retta was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Retta ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Retta - they are located in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Retta. Communities near Retta ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Retta.
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 Retta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Retta. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Retta. 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 Retta. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Retta. See our Newspapers Page for Retta. Adding Retta to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Retta 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 Retta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Retta. Footnotes ...
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