Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Cranston data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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