Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blencoe 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 Blencoe:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

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

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

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

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

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