Welcome to Raybon ...

Raybon is located in Brantley County<1>.

The location of Raybon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Raybon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Raybon has a population of 1,094 people<3> (see below for details).

Raybon is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The area code for Raybon: (912)

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Raybon had an population of 1,094 people. This is an increase of 0.37% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 46.65% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Raybon had a population of 1,090 people (or 5.9% of the total population of Brantley County).

The population of Raybon represents 0.01% of the population of Georgia (which has 9,687,653 people).

With a 2010 count of 1,090 people, the population of Raybon increased 46.11% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 746 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Raybon.

Communities near Raybon ...

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

• Blackshear
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear
  • Blackshear is located in Pierce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackshear <5>
• Nahunta
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
  • Nahunta is located in Brantley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahunta <5>
• Screven
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven
  • Screven is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Screven <5>
• Patterson
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
  • Patterson is located in Pierce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <5>
• Popwellville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popwellville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
  • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
• Hoboken
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken
  • Hoboken is located in Brantley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoboken <5>
• Offerman
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerman
  • Offerman is located in Pierce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Offerman <5>
• Tarboro
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
  • Tarboro is located in Camden County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
• Hortense
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
  • Hortense is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hortense <5>
• Waynesville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
  • Waynesville is located in Brantley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesville <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raybon ...

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

Adding Raybon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Raybon 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 Raybon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Raybon post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raybon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Raybon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Brantley County: www.brantleycounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/