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History · Raywick

Raywick’s post office opened in 1833

Most of Raywick was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1860.

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How Raywick began

When was Raywick founded?

1833

The Raywick post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 158 in 18602020 census: 155193 years
Founding year: the first Raywick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Raywick’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Raywick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Raywick.
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Start Raywick’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Raywick’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Raywick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Raywick.

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The name "Raywick" is a compound of the names of two pioneer families, Ray and Wickliffe. Two members of these families, Loyd Ray and Nancy Wickliffe, married in 1811. A post office has been in operation at Raywick since 1833. The city incorporated in 1838.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Raywick, decade by decade

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On the map

Raywick on the map in 1953

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Raywick.

Raywick on the 1953 USGS map1953Raywick sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Raywick.

People over time

Raywick, census by census

0100200190019502000Peak: 182

Between 134 and 182 people in every census since 1860.

9 censuses, 1860–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Raywick’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Raywick’s post office has been open since 1833.

Gone or out of use
Raywick Elementary SchoolschoolSaint Francis Xavier Churchchurch
1cemetery inside Raywick
Saint Francis Xavier

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Raywick’s history

What year was Raywick founded?

The Raywick post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (10), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.