Welcome to Ray ...So far, we found very little information about Ray. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ray to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ray, please Contact Us. Ray would have been located within present day Union County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ray is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ray was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Ray (for example, toward Gernt), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Ray was located: 865 Communities Also Named Ray ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Ray - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ray. Communities near Ray ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ray.
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 Ray. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ray. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ray. 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 Ray. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ray. See our Newspapers Page for Ray. Adding Ray to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ray 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 Ray was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ray. Footnotes ...
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