Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about East Des Moines came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of East Des Moines in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Des Moines. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our East Des Moines 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 East Des Moines:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

East Des Moines 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 East Des Moines. See our Misc Page for East Des Moines for more information.