Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Garden Grove 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 Garden Grove:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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.

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

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

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

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