Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ackley came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ackley in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ackley. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ackley data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ackley:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Iowa State Gazetteers

Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition)

Written by: Gannett, Henry
Published by the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey - 1905
(Document found on Google Books)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

Ackley is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Ackley in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Ackley for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Ackley. See our Misc Page for Ackley for more information.