Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Columbus City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Columbus City:
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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

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

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

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

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