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Welcome to Raisin ...

Raisin is located on the Gulf Coast.

Raisin is located in Victoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Raisin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Raisin is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Raisin: 361

Communities Also Named Raisin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Raisin - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Raisin.

Communities near Raisin ...

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

  • Victoria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goliad
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Cologne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cologne is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
    • Former names for Cologne:
    • Centerville
    • Ira Station
    • Perdido
  • Fannin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hughes ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hughes is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Kilgore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
  • Nursery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Dacosta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
  • McFaddin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ander
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ander is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raisin ...

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

Adding Raisin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Raisin post office opened in 1892. The Raisin post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raisin.

Footnotes ...

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