Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fertile 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 Fertile:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

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

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