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Welcome to Rayborn ...

Rayborn is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rayborn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Rayborn is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rayborn: 417

Communities near Rayborn ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cabool
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Mansfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hartville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Plato
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Graff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Graff is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
  • Astoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Astoria is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
  • Saint George
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint George is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
  • Bendavis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bendavis is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rayborn ...

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

Adding Rayborn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rayborn post office opened in 1904. The Rayborn post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rayborn.

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 Rayborn - 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/