Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lowden 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 Lowden:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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 of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

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

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

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