Welcome to Rigolets ...

Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rigolets, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Rigolets is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Rigolets: 504

Communities near Rigolets ...

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

• Slidell
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <3>
• Waveland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <3>
• Pearl River
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <3>
• Lake Catherine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
• Pearlington
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pearlington is located in Hancock County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearlington
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearlington <3>
• Logtown ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
• Eden Isle
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
• McClane City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
• Oak Harbor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
• Bon Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon 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 Rigolets. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rigolets.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rigolets ...

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

Adding Rigolets to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rigolets post office opened in 1875. The Rigolets post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rigolets.