Welcome to Ray ...

Ray is located in Koochiching County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Ray is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ray: 218

Communities Also Named Ray ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Ray - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Ray ...

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

• Fort Frances
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Frances
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Frances <3>
• International Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • International Falls is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for International Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,714 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for International Falls <3>
• Littlefork
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Littlefork is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefork
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlefork <3>
• Ranier
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ranier is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranier
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranier <3>
• Island View
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Island View is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
• Ericsburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ericsburg is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ericsburg
• Kabetogama
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kabetogama is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabetogama
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kabetogama <3>
• South International Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • South International Falls is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South International Falls
• Rocky Inlet
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Inlet
• Crozier
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crozier

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ray ...

Looking for more information about Ray? 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 Ray, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ray.

Adding Ray to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ray post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ray.