gm. Mała Wieś, pow. płocki, woj. mazowieckie

The village was mentioned for the first time in 1426. It was settled by the Dutch colonists at the end of the 18th century. In 1888, it had 25 houses, 311 residents, and 701 morga of land (including 107 morga of wasteland). It also had a watermill.

Rakowo is a linear village located on the northern side of the Vistula, to the south of the Zakroczym - Płock road, along an east-west line, and to the west of the village of Drwały. The homesteds are built on a rectangular plan with the longer side adjoining the village road on both southern and northern sides. The cultural landscape is very well preserved with a detectable field layout and willows planted on balks. Majority of homesteads are situated on man-made hillocks with driveways running perpendicularly to the main road. Trees and bushes are still present on the eastern side. Several examples of traditional Dutch buildings have survived including the cemetery.

Building no. 5 is a wooden house, erected ca. It faces the road with its ridge (with the residential section on the eastern side) and is located in the eastern part of the village, on the northern side of the main village road. The building is a part of a single-building homestead. It is surrounded with a picket fence. The house is made of poplar and oak (ground sill) wood; it has a corner-notched log structure connected by dovetail halvings at corners with log ends. Low walls are covered with a medium, double-pitched, rafter-collar beam roof (preserved only over the residential section) reinforced with ties and roofed with sheet metal. Initially, the homestead included the residential section and the cowshed under one roof. The residential interior has a two-bay and two-and-a-half-axial layout with a centrally located fire system with an authentic chimney. The building is in poor condition.

House no. 6 is a masonry-wood building erected before 1945. It is part of a single-building homestead and is located along the road and an east-west line, next to the flood-bank. It is surrounded by a picket fence. The walls of the residential section have a corner-notched log structure joined at corners by dovetail halvings; whereas, the cowshed is made of hollow bricks bonded with clay-lime mortar. It has a rafter-collar beam roof reinforced with ties and roofed with sheet metal. The fire system has been completely rebuilt; only a metal kitchen stove and a chimney have remained inside. The building is in poor condition.

Building no. 9 is a wooden house erected ca. 1920. It faces the road with its ridge and is located in the central part of the village, on the northern side of the main village road. The building is a part of a single-building homestead surrounded with a picket fence. It was built of pine and oak (ground sill) wood; it has a corner-notched log structure joined at corners by dovetail halvings with protruding log ends. The walls are of medium height and are covered with a medium double-pitched, rafter-collar beam roof, which is reinforced with ties and rests on pointing sills. It is covered with sheet metal. Initially, the homestead included the residential section and the cowshed (taken down) under one roof. The residential interior has a two-bay and two-and-a-half-axial layout with a centrally located fire system with an original chimney. The building is preserved in satisfactory condition.

House no. 12 is a masonry-wood building erected before 1945. It is part of a single-building homestead and is located along the road on its southern side, and along an east-west line next to the flood-bank. The pine walls of the residential section have a corner-notched log structure joined at corners by dovetail halvings; whereas, the cowshed is made of hollow bricks bonded with clay-lime mortar. It has a rafter-collar beam roof reinforced with ties roofed with sheet metal. The fire system is modern. The building is preserved in a good condition. It serves as a summer house.

A building without number is situated in the central section of the village on the southern side of the road near the flood-bank. It was constructed with the glinobitka technology and includes a residential section and a cowshed under one roof.

The cemetery is located in the central section of the village, on the southern side of the village road near the flood-bank. It has a rectangular layout and is entirely overgrown with bushes. There are no remains of gravestones.