Welcome to Rayville ...The town of Rayville is located in Richland Parish<1> and is the Parish Seat for Richland Parish. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rayville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Rayville for more information about variations on the name of Rayville. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rayville has a population of 3,477 people<2> (see below for details). Rayville is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rayville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Rayville: 318 & 457<4> The ZIP code for Rayville: 71269<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rayville had an population of 3,477 people. This is a decrease of 5.9% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 17.88% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rayville had a population of 3,695 people (which is 17.8% of the total population of Richland Parish). This makes Rayville the parish's most populous community. The population of Rayville represents 0.08% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 80th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,695 people, the population of Rayville decreased 12.73% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,234 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rayville. Communities Also Named Rayville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Rayville - they are located in Illinois, Kansas (2), Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Texas and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rayville. Communities near Rayville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rayville.
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 Rayville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rayville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rayville. 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 Rayville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rayville. Our list includes 9 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rayville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rayville ...Looking for more information about Rayville? 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 Rayville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rayville. Adding Rayville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rayville 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 Rayville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rayville. Footnotes ...
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