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Welcome to Rattigan ...

Rattigan is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rattigan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Rattigan is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rattigan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Rattigan ...

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

  • Butler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kittanning
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ford City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Leechburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Freeport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Saxonburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Leechburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • Prospect
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • West Kittanning
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Chicora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rattigan ...

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

Adding Rattigan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rattigan post office opened in 1886. The Rattigan post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rattigan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rattigan - 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/