Welcome to Ratler ...

Ratler is located in Hill Country.

Ratler is located in Mills County<1>.

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

Ratler is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ratler: 325

Communities near Ratler ...

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

• San Saba
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • San Saba is located in San Saba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Saba
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Saba <3>
• Goldthwaite
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Goldthwaite is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldthwaite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,815 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldthwaite <3>
• Richland Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland Springs is located in San Saba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland Springs <3>
• Mullin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mullin is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullin <3>
• Regency ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Regency is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
• Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ridge is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
• Locker ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Locker is located in San Saba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
• Buffalo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Ebony ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ebony is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony
• Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ratler ...

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

Adding Ratler to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ratler post office opened in 1892. The Ratler post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ratler.