Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.

Rainsville is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau.

It initially touched down 10 miles (16 km) to the southwest in Lakeview, causing structural damage to small buildings and snapping trees.

It grew in intensity, and the path width increased from around fifty yards to a half a mile, as the rotation entered the Rainsville and Sylvania communities.

Damage included houses that were completely removed from foundations and debris scattered for about one mile, trees debarked, and a few mobile homes were destroyed with debris strewn for about a mile downstream.

[4] It is bordered to the northeast by Sylvania, to the northwest by Powell, to the southwest by Shiloh, and to the southeast by Pine Ridge.

[8] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,505 people, 1,894 households, and 1,303 families residing in the city.

DeKalb County Technology Center, DCTC, Secondary Career Technical Education.

In 2021, DCTC was recognized by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for Best Practices in Work-Based Learning for Region 1.