Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Afton Junction came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Afton Junction 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 Afton Junction. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Afton Junction 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 Afton Junction:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The GNIS database contains an entry for Afton Junction. See our Misc Page for Afton Junction for more information.