Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

Charleston 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 Charleston. See our Misc Page for Charleston for more information.