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Welcome to Rignall ...

Rignall is located in Thurston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rignall, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

Rignall is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rignall lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rignall: 360 & 564<3>

Communities near Rignall ...

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

  • Lakewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lacey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <4>
  • Olympia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • University Place
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tumwater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Shelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gig Harbor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • DuPont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fircrest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Steilacoom
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rignall ...

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

Adding Rignall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rignall in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rignall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rignall post office opened in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rignall.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rignall - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Rignall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Rignall 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/