Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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