Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Estherville was listed as Estherville Courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Estherville:

Estherville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)