Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rayville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Rayville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rayville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rayville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rayville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rayville was listed as Rayville Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Louisiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Rayville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Rayville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Rayville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Rayville. See our Misc Page for Rayville for more information.