Welcome to Raywood ...Raywood is located in Pocahontas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Raywood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915. Raywood is 2,380 feet [725 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Raywood is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Raywood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Raywood: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Raywood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Raywood - they are located in North Carolina and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Raywood. Communities near Raywood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Raywood.
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 Raywood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Raywood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Raywood. 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 Raywood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Raywood. See our Newspapers Page for Raywood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Raywood ...Looking for more information about Raywood? 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 Raywood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Raywood. Adding Raywood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Raywood 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 Raywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Raywood. Footnotes ...
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