Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Belle Plaine, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Belle Plaine:
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)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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