Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our California Junction 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 California Junction:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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