Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Dubuque was listed as Dubuque Courthouse.

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)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Dubuque:

Dubuque was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Dubuque: www.cityofdubuque.org/

The official website for Dubuque County: www.dubuquecounty.org/

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