Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Burlington, 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 Burlington:
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

Burlington was listed as Burlington Courthouse.

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

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Burlington:

Burlington was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The following routes mentioned Burlington as a scheduled stop:

The California Zephyr: From the timetable for the California Zephyr (train schedule from 1954). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

The California Zephyr: From Amtrak's timetable for the California Zephyr (schedule from 2017). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and Ememeryville (CA) - with bus service to San Francisco (CA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Burlington: www.burlingtoniowa.org/

The official website for Des Moines County: www.co.des-moines.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/