Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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 from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Ioka. See our Misc Page for Ioka for more information.