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Welcome to Rita ...

Rita is located

Rita is located in Burleson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Rita is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rita: 979

Communities Also Named Rita ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Rita - they are located in Louisiana, Manitoba, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rita ...

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

  • College Station
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bryan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bryan is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <3>
  • Caldwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hearne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hearne is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <3>
  • Snook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Milano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Wixon Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
  • Mumford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stone City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stone City is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
  • Cooks Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rita ...

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

Adding Rita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rita 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 Rita was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rita.

Footnotes ...

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