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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Rock
  • Round Rock is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 137,575 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Rock <3>
• Georgetown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,538 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <3>
• Pflugerville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pflugerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pflugerville
  • Pflugerville is located in Travis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pflugerville <3>
• Hutto
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutto have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
  • Hutto is located in Williamson County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Williamson County
  • 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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
  • Manor is located in Travis County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Bastrop County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Granger is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <3>
• Thorndale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorndale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndale
  • Thorndale is located in Milam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thorndale <3>
• Thrall
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
  • Thrall is located in Williamson County
  • 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 for Rices Crossing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Rices Crossing post office opened in 1872.

We also found Rices Crossing in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rices Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Williamson County: www.wilco.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/