Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Sixth Biennial Report of the State Mine Inspectors, Two Years Ending June 30, 1893
Published as a Legislative Document: The Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Iowa - Vol. 4

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

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

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

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

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