Welcome to Rayne ...

The city of Rayne is located in Acadia Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rayne, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Rayne has a population of 8,029 people<2> (see below for details).

Rayne is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Rayne lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Rayne lies within the (337) area code.

The ZIP code for Rayne: 70578<4>

Websites for Rayne ...

Official Website: www.rayne.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rayne had an population of 8,029 people. This is an increase of 0.96% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 6.12% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Rayne had a population of 7,953 people (which is 12.87% of the total population of Acadia Parish). This makes Rayne the parish's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Rayne represents 0.18% of the total population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 44th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,953 people, the population of Rayne decreased 7% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,552 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Rayne.

Communities Also Named Rayne ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rayne - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rayne.

Communities near Rayne ...

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

• Lafayette
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
  • Lafayette is located in Lafayette Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 126,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lafayette <5>
• Youngsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
  • Youngsville is located in Lafayette Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,262 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Youngsville <5>
• Broussard
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broussard
  • Broussard is located in Lafayette Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broussard <5>
• Crowley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
  • Crowley is located in Acadia Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,520 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowley <5>
• Abbeville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
  • Abbeville is located in Vermilion Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,927 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <5>
• Carencro
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carencro
  • Carencro is located in Lafayette Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,945 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carencro <5>
• Eunice
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
  • Eunice is located in Saint Landry Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <5>
• Scott
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
  • Scott is located in Lafayette Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott <5>
• Church Point
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Church Point have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Point
  • Church Point is located in Acadia Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,367 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Point <5>
• Kaplan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaplan
  • Kaplan is located in Vermilion Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,345 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaplan <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rayne ...

Looking for more information about Rayne? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Rayne, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rayne.

Adding Rayne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rayne 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 for Rayne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Rayne post office opened in 1881.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rayne.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rayne: www.rayne.org/

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/