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Welcome to Rainbow ...

So far, we found very little information about Rainbow. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rainbow to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rainbow, please Contact Us.


Rainbow would have been located within present day Uintah County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rainbow, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1950.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rainbow is 6,170 feet [1,881 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Rainbow is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Rainbow was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Rainbow was located: 435

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, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Rainbow ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near 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 on a map titled Road Map for Utah (from Shell Oil, 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rainbow.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rainbow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Uintah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rainbow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.