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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/