Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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

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