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Rainbow City, AL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Rainbow City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Rainbow City Home page. The Rainbow City Home page provides as much information as possible on Rainbow City. Knowing Rainbow City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Rainbow City’s Home page, you will also find Rainbow City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Rainbow City has a population of 9601. 44.5% of Rainbow City’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.5 are female. 45.5% of Rainbow City is married and 62.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $162,860, and the average rent is $846. Household median income in Rainbow City is $48,644, and the individual median income is $28,727. Rainbow City’s Ethnic is the following: White(83%), Black(9.9%), Hispanic(4.1%), Asian(2.9%), Multiple(2.6%), Other(1.6%).


This city was named after U.S. Highway 411, called Rainbow Drive, which runs through the middle of the city.Hernando de Soto's troops were the first visitors to the area in 1540. In 1818, families from the Carolinas and Georgia began to migrate to the area and homestead land near the Coosa River, calling the area "Coosa Bend".


This area was later called "Morgan's Cross Road", located at the intersection of the Gadsden-Ashville Road and Gilbert's Ferry Road.John Sheffield Jones, the grandson of an original settler, donated $1,000 and the land for the construction of the first John S. Jones Elementary School. This school later burned to the ground; a new elementary school was built and serves the Rainbow City area today.On April 2, 1831, a church was organized at the Harmony Meeting House.


A few years later, the first Baptist association was organized. Harmony was one of the first five members in the association. The adjoining cemetery, Old Harmony Cemetery, has been declared a historic landmark.


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