[citation needed] It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

The town, formed about 1900, is named for Ratiboř in the Zlín Region of Moravia, Czech Republic.

The community had 10 residents and four businesses in 1933, which grew to 80 in 1940, dropped to 20 in 1964, and then stopped at 10 from 1990 through 2000.

[2] Ratibor is located on the Ratibor Branch, just west of the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2086 and 2904, 7 mi (11 km) east of Temple in eastern Bell County.

[2] Today, the community is served by the Rogers Independent School District.