Welcome to Rairden ...

Rairden is located in Big Horn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rairden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Rairden is 3,950 feet [1,204 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rairden is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Rairden lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rairden: 307

Communities near Rairden ...

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

• Worland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Worland is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worland <3>
• Basin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Basin is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basin <3>
• Manderson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Manderson is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manderson <3>
• Washakie Ten
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Washakie Ten is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie Ten
• West River ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West River is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West River
• Airport Road
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Airport Road is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Road
• Hyattville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hyattville is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyattville <3>
• McNutt
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • McNutt is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
• South Flat
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • South Flat is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Flat
• Neiber ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Neiber is located in Washakie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiber

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rairden ...

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

Adding Rairden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rairden 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 Rairden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rairden post office opened in 1906. The Rairden post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rairden.