Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Clarinda was listed as Clarinda Courthouse.

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Clarinda:

Clarinda was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)