Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oakdale data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

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