Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Calamus 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 Calamus:
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)

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

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

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