Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ortonville 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 Ortonville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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.

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