Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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)

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Keokuk:

Keokuk was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)