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Welcome to Rainbow ...

Rainbow is located in Cascade County<1>.

Rainbow is 3,290 feet [1,003 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rainbow is about ½ mile [or 1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Rainbow lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rainbow: 406

Communities Also Named Rainbow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Rainbow - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, California (2), Connecticut, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rainbow.

Communities near Rainbow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rainbow.

  • Great Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Belt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belt is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <3>
  • Countryside Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
  • Sand Coulee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Manchester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Manchester is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Stockett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Sun Prairie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
  • Floweree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ulm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaughn
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Rainbow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rainbow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rainbow. 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 Rainbow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rainbow. See our Newspapers Page for Rainbow.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rainbow ...

Looking for more information about Rainbow? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rainbow, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rainbow.

Adding Rainbow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rainbow in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rainbow was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rainbow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Cascade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rainbow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.