Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blue Grass 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 Blue Grass:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

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 - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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

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