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Welcome to Rices Crossing ...

Rices Crossing is located in Hill Country.

Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rices Crossing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Rices Crossing: Rices Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Rices Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Rices Crossing.

Rices Crossing is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Rices Crossing ...

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

  • Round Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pflugerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hutto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <3>
  • Taylor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,921 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
  • Manor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Manor is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <3>
  • Elgin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin is located in Bastrop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,756 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
  • Granger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Thorndale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thrall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Thrall is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thrall <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rices Crossing ...

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

Adding Rices Crossing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rices Crossing post office opened in 1872. The Rices Crossing post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rices Crossing.

Footnotes ...

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