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Welcome to Traer ...

Traer is located in Decatur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Traer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Traer is 2,610 feet [796 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Traer is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Traer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Traer (for example, toward Benkelman (NE)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Traer: 785

Communities Also Named Traer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Traer - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Traer ...

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

  • McCook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • McCook is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,499 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCook <3>
  • Oberlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Herndon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Herndon is located in Rawlins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Danbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Danbury is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <3>
  • Ludell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ludell is located in Rawlins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
  • Kanona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kanona is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
  • Atwood
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Culbertson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lebanon is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
  • Red Willow
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Willow is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow

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 Traer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Traer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Traer ...

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

Adding Traer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Traer 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 Traer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Traer post office opened in 1883. The Traer post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Traer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Decatur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Traer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/