Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Rainbow Highlands (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Rainbow Highlands. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Rainbow Highlands is located in Marion County .
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County : Boone , Hamilton , Hancock , Hendricks , Johnson , Morgan & Shelby .
Below are the counties that are near Rainbow Highlands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rainbow Highlands:
Marion County (The home county of Rainbow Highlands)
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Lawrence (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Castleton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Cumberland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Warren Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Warren Park is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
Williams Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Williams Creek is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
Meridian Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Meridian Hills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
North Crows Nest (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Crows Nest (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
Rocky Ripple (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
Spring Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Spring Hill is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
Indianapolis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Wynnedale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Wynnedale is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Eagle Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Whitestown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Gadsden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Elizaville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Elizaville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Lebanon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village Ulen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ulen is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
Stringtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Stringtown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Clinton County
Kirklin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Delaware County
Daleville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Bridgewater (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Fishers (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Luxhaven (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Luxhaven is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxhaven Olio (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Carmel (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Newark Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Newark Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village North Ridge Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village Clarksville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Clarksville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Noblesville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Monterey Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Durbin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Durbin is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Westfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
McCordsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Woodbury (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Fortville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Denny Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Colonial Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Gem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Mohawk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Philadelphia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Spring Lake (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
Eden (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Maxwell (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell New Palestine (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hendricks County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Brownsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Avon (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Avon is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
Plainfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pittsboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Cartersburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lizton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Danville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Grant City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Grant City is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Kennard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Kennard is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Knightstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Cadiz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cadiz is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
Middletown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Greensboro (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Ogden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunreith (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Spiceland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Sulphur Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Rocklane (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane Greenwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Smith Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Smith Valley is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley New Whiteland (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
New Whiteland is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
Stones Crossing (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing Needham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Whiteland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Urmeyville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Urmeyville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville Bluff Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Bargersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Franklin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Banta (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Banta is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Kosciusko County
Warsaw (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Ingalls (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Lapel (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Perkinsville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Edgewood Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village Edgewood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
Markleville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
River Forest (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
River Forest is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
Western Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Western Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village Anderson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Woodlawn Heights (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Red House ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Red House is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Waverly (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Waverly is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Young (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Young is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mooresville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Brookmoor (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brookmoor is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Carthage (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Arlington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Henderson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Manilla (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Manilla is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla Mays (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Homer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Brookfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Fountaintown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown London (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Clover Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Clover Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village Fairland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Morristown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Boggstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Gwynneville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville Knighthood Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village Beech Brook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Beech Brook is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook Candleglo Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village Hildebrand Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village Tipton County
The following are listed by their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
East Union (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
East Union is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Jericho ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Jericho is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Hobbs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Tipton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Goldsmith (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Goldsmith is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Kempton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Kempton is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rainbow Highlands, see our County-by-County Page for Rainbow Highlands .
Cemeteries Near Rainbow Highlands ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rainbow Highlands.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Rainbow Highlands - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rainbow Highlands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Todd Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Klepfer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Emery Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mock Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Oaklandon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
McCord Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Salem Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hopewell Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Old Silvey Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hoss Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
McConnell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Bills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (463 more) ...
Flanagan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wesley Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Whitsell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've 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. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Rainbow Highlands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rainbow Highlands.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rainbow Highlands, with the one closest to Rainbow Highlands listed first.
Lawrence (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Oaklandon (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
McCordsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Castleton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Woodbury (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Mount Comfort (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mount Comfort is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Comfort Fishers (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
New Britton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
New Britton is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britton Olio (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Fortville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Broad Ripple (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Broad Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ripple Gem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Continue List (14 more) ...
Mohawk (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Nora (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Nora is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora Brightwood ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Brightwood is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rainbow Highlands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rainbow Highlands .
Newspapers Published in Rainbow Highlands ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rainbow Highlands.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rainbow Highlands, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Rainbow Highlands.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rainbow Highlands:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Marion County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Clinton County Delaware County Hamilton County Hancock County Hendricks County Henry County Johnson County Kosciusko County Madison County Morgan County Rush County Shelby County Tipton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rainbow Highlands. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Rainbow Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rainbow Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.