Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Mason City was listed as Mason 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)

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Mason City:

Mason City was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Mason City: www.masoncity.net/

The official website for Cerro Gordo County: www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/