Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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.

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

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

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