Do you know of Rago ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rago. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rago.

Our sources for Rago (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rago other than they indicate that Rago would be found somewhere in Johnson County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1910.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Rago ...

We found three communities that share the name Rago.

Within Illinois, the name Rago is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Benton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rago [Benton County].
  • Colorado
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Rago [Washington County].
  • Kansas
    • Kingman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rago [Kingman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rago ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rago:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Johnson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Johnson County.