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Welcome to Rattlesnake ...

Rattlesnake is located in Hillsborough County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rattlesnake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1939.

Rattlesnake is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Rattlesnake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rattlesnake: 813 & 656<3>

Communities Also Named Rattlesnake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Rattlesnake - they are located in Indiana, Kansas, Montana (2), New Mexico and Ohio.

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

Communities near Rattlesnake ...

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

  • Tampa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <4>
  • Saint Petersburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clearwater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Pinellas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,552 people
    • Former name for Clearwater:
    • Clear Water Harbor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <4>
  • Largo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Largo is located in Pinellas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,681 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Largo <4>
  • Pinellas Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dunedin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Temple Terrace
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Seminole
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Safety Harbor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oldsmar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rattlesnake ...

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

Adding Rattlesnake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rattlesnake post office opened in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rattlesnake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hillsborough, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rattlesnake - 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 813 code has been Overlayed with the 656 area code. New phone numbers in the Rattlesnake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 813 or 656. As a result, placing a call in the Rattlesnake 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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