Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Iowa City, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

Iowa City was listed as Iowa City Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Iowa City was listed as Iowa City Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Iowa City was listed as Iowa City Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Iowa City:

Iowa City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)