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 hospitals 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 starting from Rainbow.<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: https://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)
- Foley Springs is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley Springs
- Finn Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belknap Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belknap Springs is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Springs
- Nimrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nimrod is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- 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)
- Deerhorn is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhorn
- Winberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winberry is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winberry
- Wendling ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wendling is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendling
- Mabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mabel is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Walterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pryor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pryor is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Crale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crale is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crale
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- 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
- County Website: https://www.deschutes.org/
- County Seat for Deschutes: Bend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rainbow ...
- Elk Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Linn County
- County Website: https://www.linncountyor.gov/
- 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)
- Upper Soda is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Soda
- Cascadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dollar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dollar is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Woodraffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodraffe is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodraffe
- Santiam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Santiam Junction is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam Junction
- Mitchell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Roberts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Jack Shelter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jack Shelter is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Shelter
- Calapooia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calapooia is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calapooia
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Foster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Sweet Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
- Bryant City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bryant City is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant City
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rainbow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
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