Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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