Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Grinnell:

Grinnell was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)