Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Decorah was listed as Decorah Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Decorah: www.decorahia.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/