Welcome to Rains ...
So far, we found very little information about Rains. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rains to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rains, please Contact Us.
Rains would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Rains, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rains, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.
Time Zone: The area where Rains was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Rains would have been located in the (435) area code.
Communities Also Named Rains ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rains - they are located in Alabama, Nevada and South Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rains.
Communities near Rains ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rains.
- Price
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Price is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <5>
- Helper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
- Helper is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <5>
- Wellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Wellington is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,646 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <5>
- Hiawatha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Scofield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Scofield is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Castle Gate ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castle Gate. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gate
- Castle Gate is located in Carbon County
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Carbon County
- Former names for Coal City:
- Cedar Mesa Ranch
- Dempsey City
- Dempseyville
- Great Western
- Oak Springs Bench
- Heiner ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Royal is located in Carbon County
- Former names for Royal:
- Bear Canyon
- Cameron
- Rolapp
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Rains. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rains.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rains. 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 Rains.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rains. See our Newspapers Page for Rains.
Adding Rains to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Rains was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Rains post office opened in 1918.
We also found Rains on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rains.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |