Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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