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Welcome to Raymond ...

Raymond is located in Coweta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Raymond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Raymond is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Raymond (for example, toward Woodland (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Raymond: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Raymond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Raymond - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Raymond ...

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

  • Smokey Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
  • Newnan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peachtree City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Union City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Foreston Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
    • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
  • Fayetteville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette Villa Estates
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
    • Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
  • Fairburn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamptons Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
    • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
  • Tyrone
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Raymond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Raymond.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raymond ...

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

Adding Raymond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Raymond post office opened in 1907. The Raymond post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raymond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Coweta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Raymond - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Raymond area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Raymond 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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