Rainsville is a small
unincorporated community
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in
Pine Township,
Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
* Warren County, Georgia
* Warren County, Illinois
* Warren County ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
.
History
Rainsville was
plat
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ted on April 16, 1833, by Isaac Rains, who had built a mill here the previous year; the town was named for him.
A post office was established on February 5, 1836, and closed on September 15, 1904.
Geography
Rainsville is located southwest of
Pine Village and east of
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
.
Big Pine Creek Big Pine Creek may refer to:
* Big Pine Creek (California), Inyo County, California
* Big Pine Creek (Indiana)
Big Pine Creek is a creek in northwestern Indiana, USA. It begins in Round Grove Township in southwestern White County and flows gene ...
flows from Pine Village, around the north side of the town, and continues to the southwest.
Demographics
References
Gallery
Image:Rainsville Indiana map from 1877 atlas.png, Map from 1877 atlas
Image:Rainsville Community Church, Rainsville, Indiana.png, Rainsville Community Church
Image:Illiana Antique Power Exhibition train.png, A miniature passenger train at the Illiana Antique Power Exhibition, one mile west of Rainsville.
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Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Indiana
Populated places established in 1833
1833 establishments in Indiana