Welcome to Ricker ...So far, we found very little information about Ricker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ricker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ricker, please Contact Us. Ricker was located in the Texas Panhandle. Ricker would have been located within present day Brown County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ricker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ricker is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ricker was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Ricker ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ricker - it's located in Michigan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ricker. Communities near Ricker ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ricker.
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 Ricker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ricker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ricker. 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 Ricker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ricker. See our Newspapers Page for Ricker. Adding Ricker to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ricker 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 Ricker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ricker. Footnotes ...
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