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Welcome to Rail ...

Rail is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rail, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Rail is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rail: 417

Communities Also Named Rail ...

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

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

Communities near Rail ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Houston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cabool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Norwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Plato
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Astoria
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Astoria is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
  • Bendavis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bendavis is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
  • Huggins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Huggins is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
  • Saint George
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint George is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rail ...

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

Adding Rail to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rail post office opened in 1888. The Rail post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rail.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Wright, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rail - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/