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Welcome to Raleigh ...So far, we found very little information about Raleigh. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Raleigh to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Raleigh - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Raleigh, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Raleigh , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hanover County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Raleigh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. Time Zone: The area where Raleigh was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Raleigh ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Raleigh - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Raleigh. Adding Raleigh to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Raleigh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Raleigh on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Raleigh. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Hanover County: www.co.hanover.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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