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Welcome to Raybon ...

Raybon is located in Brantley County<1>.

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<2> (see below for details).

Raybon is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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 total 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 (which had 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)
  • Nahunta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Screven
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Patterson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • 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.<5> 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)
  • Offerman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tarboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tarboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • 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)
  • Waynesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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.<7>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raybon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Brantley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Raybon.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Raybon - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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