Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Iowa Center data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa

Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Iowa Center:
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)

In this book, Iowa Center was named Iowa Centre

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

In this book, Iowa Center was named Iowa Centre

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

In addition: