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Welcome to Rains ...

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

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


Rains would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rains, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

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

The Area Code where Rains was located: 435

Communities Also Named Rains ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rains - they are located in Alabama, Nevada and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Rains ...

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

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 Rains. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rains.

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

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

Adding Rains to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Rains was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rains post office opened in 1918. The Rains post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rains.

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 Rains, 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 Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/