Welcome to Rafter ...Rafter is located in Monroe County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rafter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Rafter is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rafter lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Rafter (for example, toward Pikeville), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Rafter ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rafter - it's located in Manitoba. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rafter. Websites for Rafter ...Chamber of Commerce: www.monroecountychamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rafter, the following might be of interest: Communities near Rafter ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rafter.
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 Rafter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rafter. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rafter. 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 Rafter. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rafter. See our Newspapers Page for Rafter. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rafter ...Looking for more information about Rafter? 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 Rafter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rafter. Adding Rafter to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rafter 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 Rafter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rafter. Footnotes ...
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