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Welcome to Riceford ...

Riceford is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riceford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Riceford is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Riceford: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Riceford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riceford ...

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

Adding Riceford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riceford 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 Riceford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Riceford post office opened in 1855. The Riceford post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riceford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riceford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Riceford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Riceford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/