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Welcome to Ray ...

So far, we found very little information about Ray. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ray to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ray, please Contact Us.


Ray would have been located within present day Pinal County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ray is 2,120 feet [646 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Ray is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Ray was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Ray ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Ray - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Ray ...

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

  • Globe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Superior
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kearny
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Miami
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hayden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Winkelman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Riverside is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Cochran ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cochran is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King

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

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

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

Adding Ray to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ray 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 Ray was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ray post office opened in 1899. The Ray post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ray.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ray, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pinal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ray - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/