Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Dow 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 Dow City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dow City:

Dow City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)