Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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