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Nearest Communities to Rainbow,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rainbow, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rainbow:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Rainbow is located in Lane County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rainbow. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Lane County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Rainbow (which is Lane County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Rainbow

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lane County   (where Rainbow resides)
    • County Website:   www.lanecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Lane:   Eugene
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainbow   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainbow.
      • McKenzie Bridge
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Blue River
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Foley Springs
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foley Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley Springs
        • Foley Springs is located in Lane County
      • Finn Rock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Belknap Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Springs
        • Belknap Springs is located in Lane County
      • Nimrod
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimrod have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
        • Nimrod is located in Lane County
      • Vida
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Leaburg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Deerhorn
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhorn
        • Deerhorn is located in Lane County
      • Winberry
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winberry
        • Winberry is located in Lane County
      • Wendling ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendling have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendling
        • Wendling is located in Lane County
      • Mabel ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
        • Mabel is located in Lane County
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Walterville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Pryor
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
          • Pryor is located in Lane County
        • Crale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crale
          • Crale is located in Lane County
        • Hampton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
          • Hampton is located in Lane County
        • Unity
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Westfir
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Marcola
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Deschutes County
  • Linn County
    • County Website:   www.co.linn.or.us/
    • County Seat for Linn:   Albany
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rainbow   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rainbow.
      • Upper Soda
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Soda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Soda
        • Upper Soda is located in Linn County
      • Cascadia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dollar
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dollar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
        • Dollar is located in Linn County
      • Woodraffe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodraffe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodraffe
        • Woodraffe is located in Linn County
      • Santiam Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santiam Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam Junction
        • Santiam Junction is located in Linn County
      • Mitchell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Mitchell is located in Linn County
      • Roberts
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
        • Roberts is located in Linn County
      • Jack Shelter
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jack Shelter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Shelter
        • Jack Shelter is located in Linn County
      • Calapooia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calapooia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calapooia
        • Calapooia is located in Linn County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Foster
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Star
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Star have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
          • Lone Star is located in Linn County
        • Sweet Home
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
          • Sweet Home is located in Linn County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,021 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <3>
        • Holley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
          • Holley is located in Linn County
        • Bryant City ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryant City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant City
          • Bryant City is located in Linn County
        • Greenville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
          • Greenville is located in Linn County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rainbow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rainbow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1668, Longitude: -122.2367       In this case, the coordinates for Rainbow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.




 

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