Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Lime 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.

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.

In the Shippers' Guide, Lime City was named Lime Kilns.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lime City:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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)

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

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

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