Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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