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Welcome to Rachels Place ...

Rachels Place is located in Davis County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rachels Place: Rachels Pl. (or less commonly used: Rachels Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Rachels Place for more information about variations on the name of Rachels Place.

Rachels Place is 4,770 feet [1,454 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rachels Place is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Rachels Place lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rachels Place: 801 & 385<3>

Communities near Rachels Place ...

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

  • Ogden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ogden is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
    • Former names for Ogden:
    • Brownsville
    • Fort Buenaventura
    • Ogden has also been known as:
    • Ogden City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <4>
  • Layton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bountiful
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bountiful is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
    • Former names for Bountiful:
    • Calls Settlement
    • North Canyon Settlement
    • North Canyon Ward
    • North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
    • Sessions Settlement
    • Stoker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <4>
  • Roy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Roy is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <4>
  • Kaysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Syracuse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clearfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Farmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • North Salt Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rachels Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Davis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rachels Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Rachels Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Rachels Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.