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Welcome to Raines Tavern ...

Raines Tavern is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Raines Tavern, you might consider that their post office opened in 1809.

Raines Tavern is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Raines Tavern: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Raines Tavern ...

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

  • Farmville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crewe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <4>
  • Dillwyn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Burkeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pamplin City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Cotton Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Curdsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
  • Guinea Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
  • Sheppards
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
  • Tuggle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raines Tavern ...

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

Adding Raines Tavern to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Raines Tavern 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 Raines Tavern was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Raines Tavern post office opened in 1809. The Raines Tavern post office closed in 1855.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Raines Tavern.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Raines Tavern - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Raines Tavern area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Raines Tavern 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.
<5>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/