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Welcome to Rye ...So far, we found very little information about Rye. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rye to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rye, please Contact Us. Rye would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>. The location of Rye has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rye, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rye is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Rye was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Rye still existed, it would have been in the (662) area code. Communities Also Named Rye ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Rye - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (3) and Washington (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rye. Communities near Rye ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rye.
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 Rye. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rye. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rye. 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 Rye. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rye. See our Newspapers Page for Rye. Adding Rye to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rye 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 for Rye was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Rye on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rye. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecountyms.org The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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