Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Pierceville. See our Misc Page for Pierceville for more information.