Welcome to Rainbow ...Rainbow is located Rainbow is located in Somervell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rainbow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Rainbow is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rainbow lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Rainbow: 254 The ZIP code for Rainbow: 76077<3> 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, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rainbow. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rainbow. 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. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Rainbow, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rainbow. 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rainbow.
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