Rainbow is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Somervell County,
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, United States.
Description
The community is located on
Farm to Market Road 200
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...
, four miles northeast of
Glen Rose
Glen Rose (April 23, 1905 – September 3, 1994) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas from 1933 to 1942 and again from 1952 to 1966, as well as the hea ...
. The community is a suburb of the
Grandbury Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The origins of the community's name date back to the 1890s. Area residents requested a post office and gathered to choose a name. During the meeting, a
thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustics, acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorm ...
occurred, followed by a
rainbow
A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular ...
. The residents, struck with the rainbow's beauty, named their town after it.
In the 1920s, Rainbow had a population of approximately 113. The population began to decrease after that period, reaching a low of 40 in 1960. With the opening of nearby
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Dinosaur Valley State Park is a state park near Glen Rose, Texas, United States.
History
Dinosaur Valley State Park, located just northwest of Glen Rose in Somervell County, Texas, is a scenic park set astride the Paluxy River. The land f ...
in the 1970s, the population increased. Current estimates of Rainbow's population range from 76 to 121.
The
Glen Rose Independent School District
Glen Rose Independent School District is a public school district based in Glen Rose, Texas, Glen Rose, Texas (United States).
Glen Rose ISD covers most of Somervell County, Texas, Somervell County and includes the unincorporated communit ...
serves Rainbow area students.
See also
*
List of unincorporated communities in Texas
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places.
See also
*List of cities i ...
References
External links
*
Rainbow - Texas Escapes Online Magazine
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Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Somervell County, Texas
Granbury micropolitan area