Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Lear 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 Lear. See our Misc Page for Lear for more information.