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Welcome to Rex ...

Rex is located in Alachua County<1>.

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

Rex is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rex: 352

Communities Also Named Rex ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Rex - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Missouri, North Carolina (2), Ohio and Oregon.

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

Communities near Rex ...

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

  • Gainesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Keystone Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Interlachen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Waldo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Micanopy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Reddick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hampton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • McIntosh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Windsor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Windsor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Alachua County
  • Melrose
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rex ...

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

Adding Rex to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rex post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rex.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Alachua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rex - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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