Welcome to Ragley ...

Ragley is located in Beauregard Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ragley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Ragley is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ragley: 337

The ZIP code for Ragley: 70657<3>

Communities near Ragley ...

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

• Westlake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <4>
• Dequincy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Dequincy is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dequincy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dequincy <4>
• Reeves
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Reeves is located in Allen Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeves <4>
• Longville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Longville is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longville <4>
• Ararat
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
• Moss Bluff
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Moss Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moss Bluff <4>
• Singer
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Singer is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Singer <4>
• Dry Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dry Creek is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Creek <4>
• Newlin
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
• Indian Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ragley ...

Looking for more information about Ragley? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ragley, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ragley.

Adding Ragley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ragley 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 Ragley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ragley post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ragley.