Welcome to Rafter ...

Time Zone: Rafter lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).

Note: If you travel west from Rafter (for example, toward Sandy Bay (SK)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Rafter: 204, 431 & 584<1>

Communities Also Named Rafter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rafter - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rafter.

Adding Rafter to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Rafter was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rafter.

Footnotes ...

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When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 204 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 431 or 584. New phone numbers in the Rafter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 204, 431 or 584. As a result, placing a call in the Rafter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).