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Census Data for Rays Crossing

As far as we can tell, Rays Crossing<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Rays Crossing, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Shelbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Morristown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Paul
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fairland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairland is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
    • The population in 2015 was estimated at 587 people. This represents a 86.35% increase since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 315 people.
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairland <2>
  • Rushville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Milford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Greenfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • New Palestine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Knightstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
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    • Hartsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
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    • Glenwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

Shelby County ...

Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shelby County.

Miscellaneous Information for Rays Crossing ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Shelby County or the community of Rays Crossing:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rays Crossing:
    • GNIS ID for Rays Crossing: 441801
    • GNIS ID for Shelby County: 450387
    • GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Rays Crossing is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Rays Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Rays Crossing may originally have been Ray's Crossing. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rays Crossing might be written as Ray Crossing. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Rays Crossing.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.