Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our College Springs 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 College Springs:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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