Welcome to Raftville ...So far, we found very little information about Raftville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Raftville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Raftville, please Contact Us. Raftville was located in the Missouri Ozarks. Raftville would have been located within present day Texas County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Raftville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916. While the community is gone, the present day location for Raftville is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Raftville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Raftville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Raftville.
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 Raftville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Raftville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Raftville. 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 Raftville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Raftville. See our Newspapers Page for Raftville. Adding Raftville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Raftville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Raftville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Raftville. Footnotes ...
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