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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/