ABOUT
Rickreall is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population of the CDP was 57 at the 2000 census.
History
"Rickreal" post office was established in 1851 with Nathaniel Ford as postmaster.It was discontinued in 1857, but reestablished in 1866 with the spelling "Rickreall". Ford was again postmaster.The office has continued to operate to the present day.Rickreall was often referred to as Dixie during the Civil War and for some time after, because of the Southern sympathies of the local populace.Dixie was never the official name of the community or the post office.