Do you know of Rainstown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rainstown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rainstown.<1>

Our sources for Rainstown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rainstown other than they indicate that Rainstown would be found somewhere in Hendricks County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1914.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rainstown ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rainstown:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rainstown - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Rainstown.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/62847   (Place Name: Rainstown)

County: Hendricks     (FIPS State/County: 18/063)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Hendricks County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hendricks County.