Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
Rains itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Rains, with the one closest to Rains listed first.
- McVille
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Marshall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County
- Rodentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodentown
- Rodentown is located in DeKalb County
- Boaz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Boaz is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <3>
- Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Pulltight
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
- Crossville is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <3>
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Marcus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Whiton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Peters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Geraldine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geraldine
- Geraldine is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geraldine <3>
- Albertville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,777 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albertville <3>
- Red Apple ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Mountainboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainboro
- Mountainboro is located in Etowah County
- Haworth ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Yancy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Chumley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Cotnam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Skirum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Martling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Minorville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minorville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Minorville is located in Marshall County
- Duck Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Dawson is located in DeKalb County
- Jink ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |