Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

May 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 May City. See our Misc Page for May City for more information.