Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Charlotte 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 Charlotte:
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.

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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