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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Norwood 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 Norwood:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/