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Welcome to Rapatee ...Rapatee is located in Knox County<1>. The location of Rapatee has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Rapatee: RAP-uh-TEE<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rapatee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Rapatee is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Rapatee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Rapatee lies within the (309) area code. Communities near Rapatee ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rapatee.
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 Rapatee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rapatee. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rapatee. 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 Rapatee. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rapatee. See our Newspapers Page for Rapatee. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rapatee ...Looking for more information about Rapatee? 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 Rapatee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rapatee. Adding Rapatee to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rapatee 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 Rapatee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Rapatee in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rapatee. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rapatee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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