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Welcome to Rabat ...

Rabat is located in Halifax County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rabat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Rabat is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rabat lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rabat: 434

Websites for Rabat ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.halifaxchamber.net/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rabat, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rabat ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rabat ...

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

Adding Rabat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rabat post office opened in 1882. The Rabat post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rabat.

Footnotes ...

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