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Welcome to Rice Station ...

Rice Station is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rice Station, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Rice Station: Rice Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Rice Station is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rice Station: 606

Communities near Rice Station ...

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

  • Richmond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Berea
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Irvine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Clay City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McKee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ravenna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bybee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bybee is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee
  • Panola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Panola is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
  • Brassfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Brassfield is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rice Station ...

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

Adding Rice Station to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rice Station post office opened in 1891. The Rice Station post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rice Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rice Station - 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/