Welcome to Ranney ...

So far, we found very little information about Ranney. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ranney to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ranney - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ranney, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Ranney , we believe that it would have been located within present day Kenosha County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ranney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Time Zone: The area where Ranney was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Ranney was located: 262

Adding Ranney to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ranney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ranney post office opened in 1885.

We also found Ranney in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ranney.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ranney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Kenosha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/